Carson turns 7

February 3, 2012

I LOVE this face!

This kid has so much personality that at times it is over whelming!

Because Fred's departure was so traumatic on Christmas Eve, he decided to make a re-appearance to give Carson a birthday card, he was SOOOOO excited!  I got lazy this year, and didn't wrap any presents, he just found them in a box in the morning, when we got home from school he kept asking me, when do I get to open my presents, and I told them he got all of them in the morning, and he kept saying oh, man, I really wanted to unwrap them....notes for the future!

At his school, they always do a beach party fund-raiser and it happened to fall on his birthday this year, so he was excited to do something a little extra special on his actual birthday.

For his birthday party, we decided to take it a little easy this year, and I told him only 4 friends.  It's hard sometimes with a winter birthday, if we decide to stay home, there is only so much space, but it worked out, and I think he enjoyed himself!

I got the birthday party idea from pinterest, and it was fun.  We had a concession stand, and each of the boys got tickets, and they could "buy" popcorn, soda, mini-candy bars, pizza, and their movie entrance.

When they arrived, we had them decorate their "cars" and get them all ready for the "drive-in."

After they played for a bit, we had pizza and cupcakes, and then it was time for the big show, CARS 2.  Sadly, the movie was kind of a flop, and since they had all seen it, they got bored, and just wanted to go play.  Thankfully it was pretty easy to entertain them with only 5.

He was so excited to get so many cool gifts, he especially loved his new lego sets!

On Sunday, we had some family over and celebrated some more with cake.  I thought Lightening turned out pretty well.

It was exciting, because this is the first year that he has been able to read all of his birthday cards by himself.

I also saw this on pinterest, and thought it was a pretty good survey, to get a somewhat well rounded idea of what he likes, some of them I could have guessed, and others completely surprised me.
1. Favorite color?  Green
2. Favorite toy? Lego's
3. Favorite fruit? Grapes
4. Favorite TV show? Star Wars Cartoons
5. Favorite thing to eat for lunch? Sandwich's
6. Favorite outfit? Dressing up as a jedi
7. Favorite game? Star Wars game
8. Favorite snack? Chocolate Goldfish
9. Favorite animal? Cheetah
10. Favorite song? Iron Man
11. Favorite book? Lego Star Wars books
12. Best Friend? Maddox
13. Favorite Cereal? Captain Crunch
14. Favorite thing to do outside? Play Gorilla's
15. Favorite Drink?  Root beer
16. Favorite Holiday? Easter
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Darth Vadar pillow
18. Favorite breakfast food?  English Muffins
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Mac and Cheese
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Study about animals

We went to the doctor, and he finally gained weight.....7 lbs in one year, compared to last year when he hadn't even gained one pound, that was quite a lot!
So now his stats are:
49 inches, gaining 2 1/2 in, in the 70%
50 pounds, gaining 7 lbs, in the 50%

The other interesting thing that we learned at the dentist this week at his 6 mo. check up is that he is missing about 5 permanent teeth, poor kid!  Including his two front bottom teeth.  He has been dying to lose some teeth, and it has been a very slow process......well more like stagnate, but it was good to know that was the reason why his bottom ones aren't falling out.  So now we'll wait until he's approx. 9 to make some decisions about how to handle it, until then I love looking at his cute little smile with all his tiny teeth, once they're gone, he will be ecstatic, and I will cry!

I certainly love this little dude!