I love my Carter Morrison, he's such a great kid! He's been so busy lately since he does Irish Dancing and it's around St. Patrick's Day. He was in the parade at the gateway, danced for some adorable senior citizens at an assisted living facility on the holiday, and last night performed in the talent show at school. I love seeing him dance and I love that he loves it so much. He's growing up so fast, already 9 years old. Our last year in single digits. I spoke with his math teacher yesterday and it made me so happy to see her gush about how much she loves him and how awesome he is. My parents were able to fly here for Carter's birthday and we had a perfect visit. I pulled Carter out of school early that day so he could maximize his time with his grandparents. He was so excited he had been pestering the school secretary for over an hour and hadn't even eaten lunch because he was ready to be picked up (as he said on several of the messages he left on the phone). That afternoon he had some friends from school over for some science experiments. We used mentos to explode a couple 2 liters of diet coke and that was pretty awesome, made quicksand with cornstarch, and models of molecules with nasty cheesepuff balls and toothpicks. The next day we went to IHOP which is Carter's fav restaurant, gran and gramps took him to pick out a new bike for his birthday, and then we went bowling because carter has been begging to bowl for ages and said he had never bowled before. Truth be told he has but it was when he was 3 or 4 so he didn't remember that he had. While he was bowling katherine was freaking out because she didn't want anyone else to have a turn. I ended up taking her to the arcade where she promptly won the jackpot on a spongebob game resulting in a win of 250 tickets! It was hilarious to see this tiny body pulling the tickets out of the machine. Shopping was even more fun. She looked over all the prizes and picked a purple squishy ball, a purple snake for Carter Morrison (she rarely uses just his first name), a plastic indian and 2 dinosaurs, and 5 plastic bracelets. SO funny. After bowling Carter tested out his new bike and we spent time visiting with my awesome parents who really are the best parents grandparents ever. It was a great way to celebrate Carter's birthday. He is one wonderful child, I consistently feel blessed to be his parent.
