Centennial Olympic Park Family Day

Last Saturday was a family fun day at Centennial Olympic Park. Although the whole activity wasn't too impressive there was still a few really neat things.

Playing with Legos:

Painting fun then a wash down in the fountains:

Inside the CNN Building where they were doing a promotion for the made for tv movie of Scooby Doo. Carson got to spin a wheel and won a color changing cup!

2nd Day at School

Carson had a wonderful second day at school yesterday. It doesn't seem possible that this is his first time in school. He jumps out of the car in the mornings with a huge smile on his face and comes back to the car in the afternoon the same way! We are so proud of him and we know he is going to do well in school. For today playgroup is on the menu at our house which is always fun. I have a craft planned for the kids which they always seem to love. Happy Thursday to everyone!

A Blessed Day

Today was a wonderful 1st day of School for Carson. He was even able to come home and tell me they sang a song about a whale, read a book about a little boy going to preschool, and he played with a green ball! I also talked to his teacher tonight and she said Carson was so cute in class today going around and comforting everyone and telling them to be brave. His little friend from playgroup didn't do so well at school today but Carson told me he did his best to help her be brave. Of course I was proud of him for doing his very best. This was a start every parent wishes, prays, and dreams for but not many get so I feel extremely blessed!

Carson's first day of school

Today is Carson's 1st day of school! We are very excited for him!! Aaron is in Chicago right now with our camera so these pictures were taken on our camcorder which explains the quality. Now I am off to drop Carson off at school for a fun day of learning.

Idaho and Skype

FYI for everyone. Carson and I will be back in Idaho from Oct 1st through the 27th. As Aaron wants to graduate by this spring he can't take a whole month off from school but he will be in Idaho from Oct 9th through the 14th. We can't wait to see everyone!

If you have Skype we would love to chat with you. Our username is carson.enes.

Carson is going to School!

Carson got to see his new classroom and meet his teacher today Ms. Anna. Carson is so excited to go to school and I am so excited for him!

Try Try Again

Well this is our second time starting a blog (let me revise that) Aaron started a blog forever ago when we moved to Atlanta however it wasn't as user friendly as blogspot makes it so it fell to the wayside. I have wanted to start a blog for a long time especially being a stay at home mom where I talk to a 3 year old all day. :) Seeing some friends and family start their blogs has refreshed this need to share my day to day activities, cute thing's Carson does that I don't always remember the next day, and of course sharing my newest passion for saving money with coupons!

I love anything that has to do with History and love scrapbooking although I haven't had much time for that lately (lately means the last 3 years!). However, I do hope to start scrapbooking every chance I get to make up for that lost time.

Being a stay at home mom isn't as simple as it sounds (as any other stay at home parent will attest to). I try to provide a home for Carson that encourages learning and exploration within a broad range of areas. People always ask me how I taught Carson a certain thing and I can't always tell them exactly what I did. I can tell them I don't make Carson sit in a chair for hours while I drill things into him. He just seems to soak things up as our day progresses (mostly through play, arts/crafts, outings, etc). I also run a very sucessful playgroup which again takes time and research but I love it! Having this playgroup has provided Carson with untold amounts of social skills and has also provided invaluable friendships for Aaron and I with other parents.

Welcome to our family blog! We hope you will enjoy hearing about our days!