The Annual Thomas Trek

We headed up to the Thomas' for our yearly visit on this past Saturday.  When we pulled into the driveway Carter noticed that uncle Jason's old play house was pulled out in the front yard, just asking to be occupied.  Big Hit!

(Great?) Aunt Lynn taught a class in the finer points of outdoor pretend cooking.  Cater was hooked.

Not to mention the S'more making lessons with Grammy TT

There was a trip to Midway and the kiddie amusement park.  Carter didn't quite know what to think about the rides at first, but he ended up pulling us back to the carousel a few times.

Are you sure this thing is safe Papi?

Diggin the Choo Choo Train

Only the big kids were allowed on the bigger rides, so Dad and Carter sat a few out.

There was some hang out time with Uncle Jason,

showing Ama the finer points of "knuckles", 

lots of splashing in the creek,

and of course, there was ice cream trouble.

(click to see the full magnitude of mess!)

We managed another four generation family shot, even though Carter was having a rough morning.

Thanks for the visit Ama, Papi, and Uncle Jason!

(Thanks to Aunt Lynn and Grammy TT for all the guest photography)

A Day in Pictures

Carter and I spent a rare weekday together last week and had a ball.  

But first, there's breakfast:

Carter's Day from Brian Thomas on Vimeo.

Sweet guy pre-haircut

I have such dreams...

The morning paper, perhaps?

Just kidding!

AWWGGHH!

Do we have to get the haircut?

Yep!

K - as long as I can walk down the street later...

And have a lolly...

OK, the haircut wasn't so bad.

Love my Legos!

I am Lego-Ninja!

They make me giggle sometimes...

Upside down book time!

I'm getting the hang of turning the pages, though!

Swagga'

Today's a good day.

A yardstick, a sand-table, 

and a keg - what else is there?

A SPRINKLER!!

Hmm, maybe that wasn't so fun.

But bath time is!  Yummy!

Happy guy!

That's all folks!

"I'm too sexy for this blog."

Sometimes, Carter gives us a little ham:

Click to encarterate

But you gotta work for it:

Click to cutify

We went...

Papi Camping!!

For last year's Christmas present, we got Papi a round trip ticket to come camping with us sometime and he redeemed it this weekend.  We headed to western Maryland and the Green Ridge State Forest.  I think (need to verify) that this was the first time we've been camping with the little guy for more than one night in a row.  This kid was F.I.L.T.H.Y. by the time we got home, but boy did he have a ball-

We strutted,

Papi and Carter clowned around with Papi's hat,

Carter decided he wants to be a car salesman (just take a look at these wheels!),

Or a fleece model for R.E.I.,

There was dump-trucking,

Brian and Carter hanging by the creek looking for fishies,

Carter mugged it up for the camera,

One sweet afternoon nap with Papi,

Snacks with Mama as usual,

Laughing when Papi caught the rare owl-frog,

Oh, maybe we threw some rocks into the creek (just one or two),

And Carter played by himself a fair bit, too.

I tricked him into kissing me once or twice,

And there was major Papi time - click to biggify...

We had a great trip camping - only one major meltdown (on a cold morning with delayed breakfast - understandable) and just a few bug bites.  I think he wore himself out just being outdoors so much because he slept for a good 1.5 hours on the car trip home when he NEVER sleeps well in the car.  All in all, he was a trooper and he seems like he'll turn out to be a really helpful little guy.  The weather was perfect and we couldn't have asked for a better campsite.  

Come camping with us again, Papi!