Let's Get Started

Carson has officially started elementary school in Mrs.Crow's kindergarten class! He is an Alston Ridge gator and has wasted no time making new friends (he holds hands with Isabella on the way to class daily). Buddy has also kept up with his sports, including soccer, swimming (he can swim without floaties), roller blading (he can now skate backwards),

tennis, biking and he also hit a baseball on the Durham Bulls field! He loves to talk sports and teams (mainly football and hockey) and makes his dad proud :). He also visited a pumpkin patch with Nanny this fall, and plans to be Donatello for Halloween! Mr.Carson had an eventful summer as well...following Lilia's visit at Topsail, Carsy met baby Lane and Kelsey's family at Key West! There, he went sea kayaking and swam miles in the pool. In August, he visited the zoo and celebrated grandpa and dad's birthdays shortly after, where he gladly accepted the candle blowing task. C is almost 5 1/2 now, and he deekes around me with confidence in carpet hockey. He is always eager to play games, especially in the morning when grandpa is half awake and Carson says "c'mon grandpa let's get started."

Take A Bath Dude

Mr. Carson just graduated from pre-K at Lord of Life Academy!! He even got an award for Early Reading and sang in the chorus like a pro! Little buddy also wrapped up soccer, skating and tennis classes, and had fun bowling with his classmate Daniel. And, let's not forget about his 5th Birthday!! Carson celebrated a few times, including at school and at

the beach where he met his cousin Lilia, who he desperately wanted to play hide-and-seek with (even though she's less than a year old). Little C enjoyed a Pigeon and a Hockey cake and thanks to everyone for all his great gifts. These days, Carsy is really talkative and loves to read with us and even TO us...some of his favorite books are 'A Big Guy Took My Ball' and 'The Pigeon Needs a Bath' that features his favorite line 'take a bath dude'. His memory is very impressive, he recently recalled the astronaut sticker book he brought to Brixx pizza 1 year ago. Carson is also starting swimming lessons this month. So proud of you mr.little pants!

I've Got Soul

Carson is 4 years, 9 months, 26 days old today! This boy talks about his birthday in May and the beach trip all the time! But let's not forget about winter and spring! Little buddy had one of his first encounters with real snow! He couldn't get over it, and he liked pretending to skate on the ice in the yard. He also officially started in-line skating

lessons and could cross the rink by himself after 2 classes. I suppose all that time spent watching hockey is paying off! Carsy also is approaching preK graduation and has made a lot of friends at school this year...including *Ryan, Daniel and Preston. He is very excited to start tennis again, and keeps asking 'did tennis come back yet?' He likes dancing to his favorite songs in the car, this month they are Pharrell's 'Happy' and the Soul-but-not-a-Soldier song. Little C still loves to play all kinds of hockey everywhere, and he's perfecting his engineer skills doing Legos daily with Nanny! He also scored 5 goals at soccer last weekend. It's fun seeing all the things you can do buddy! I hope we can build another snowman next year!

Cousin Carson

Happy New Year 2014!!!! Carson was so happy to hear of Lilia's arrival.. what a way to ring in the new year! Welcome to the family baby girl! Carson is ready to play with you! Her name is also perfect for buddy to practice his L's.."Le-le-Lilia". Christmas break was thoroughly enjoyed this season..with the exception of spending it without uncle Eric

and aunt Monica (first time ?ever? I think). This holiday season, Carson got a good dose of hockey, with a side of hockey and hockey pie for dessert :-) He joined a roller hockey class to mark his second time on skates, and did surprisingly well! Quote: "The big kids knocked me over and it hurt but I want to play more hockey". Little C met Santa and Stormy and Monkey Joe.. making friends along the way! He really really loves to socialize and play with friends and family all the time. At Monkey Joe's jump house, Carson said "daddy, where'd my boy go?", referring to his new friend he just met. Carsy still loves candy (m&m's) and building his annual gingerbread house (thanks Nanny) and always wants to know who won the hockey game the night before. He performed in the school musical play and even said grace before New Year's Day lunch! I love you big boy.