Almost FOUR!

It has been a while since I've had a moment to write (or actually thought about writing!), so I have some catching up to do. Carter has had an awesome past few months. He is seriously obsessed with his hats, belts, fireman boots, and bike. Can you believe that he is already riding a big-boy-two-wheeler bicycle?! Our little guy is growing up faster than we ever would have imagined. His favorite thing to do is to "ride bikes with Tony"... every afternoon, every weekend, no matter what! He'd ride outside in the pouring rain, if we'd let him. Carter is certainly developing a strong personality. Aside from his usual chatty self, he has found some independence at home and school - and is testing his teachers and parents ALL the time. It can be tough to keep up with him, but I know that he's slowly figuring out who's the boss - and it's not him! He has been practicing using his "listening ears" (just watch him turn them on!), and is working on earning his bike time every day by making good choices. He's slowly turning into a mini-foodie, thank to his parents constantly dragging him to new restaurants. He now turns up his nose at take-out, and would much rather go to the "taco shop" or our neighborhood coffeeshop, Luci's... is it strange that they seem to know him there? He's just so darn likeable and outgoing, no one can miss him! Carter has also started swimming lessons again, thanks to my dear friend, Summer. Hopefully I'll get some pictures posted of that soon - it is super cute!! He's really looking forward to his birthday - and he has a long list of things that he'll do as soon as he's four (apparently it is some kind of magic number?). He'll eat his vegetables, like broccoli, ride his bigger bike without training wheels, etc... He might be mildly disappointed to find that four isn't so much different than 3.75.