To be only seven, Charlie is an amazingly fast little breast stroke swimmer-
I love how he smiles through most of his races:
I love this picture of Camdyn mid-butterfly stroke:
And I love the fierce look on her face when she races:
With all of our family together there were almost twenty of us here for Carter's party. We were afraid that too many people would be too much for him so we kept his party to mostly family only. Looking back, I can see this was a good decision because even with somewhat familiar faces around he was still very easily overwhelmed. BUT, he seemed to know it was his "birday party" - especially when he woke up from his nap to a house full of balloons and a tower of cupcakes.
Can't get wet because that would ruin her perfectly coordinated "super cute" outfit. Fashion always comes first.
He even went around telling everyone to come inside when he was ready for them to sing "Happy Birthday" to him. He'd been practicing his candle blowing all week.
Here are a few more pictures from the weekend:
"Here, mommy. You eat some."
Yesterday, we went down to the Winchester walking mall for ice cream and to play in the splash pad. When we first came home from China, Carter wanted nothing to do with ice cream. This time, he refused to share with us and was not happy until we gave him his very own cone-
"Step away from my ice cream. Step away."
The best part of the weekend for me was having my "baby" sister, Karisa, here with her family. She and Johnmark drove all the way from Chicago in a car with their two toddlers just to meet Carter and celebrate his birthday. That is love- pure and simple.
Now that everyone is gone, I think Carter is enjoying having the house (and mommy) all to himself again.
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