Ice Cream Party

Carmen enjoys spending her weekends having low-calorie ice cream parties with plastic ice cream. You can have as many helpings as you want! :)

New Hair Cut

Carmen got a hair cut today at a place called The Yellow Balloon. It was the perfect place for her because along with her hair cut, she got a balloon and some cookies. Who knew hair cuts could be so much fun.

Baking Valentine's Cookies

Carmen, Mommy, and Auntie Kelly spent an evening baking Valentine's Cookies for GrandMa and GrandPa. Carmen loves baking (and putting her fingers in everything) so it was definitely a blast.

At every opportunity she got, Carmen stole a lick of the frosting.

This final product. Yum!

Christmas 2009

Xmas Crafts With Auntie Kelly

Auntie Kelly's friends, The Shafers, made Christmas related arts and crafts for Carmen as a Christmas gift. What an awesome gift! Carmen was so excited to sit and string beads onto a snowflake. When she was done, we put it on the Christmas tree.

Carmen is carefully placing marbles onto a starfish here. She loved it. Afterwards, she counted all of the marbles for me.

Lastly, Carmen decorated a snowflake with butterflies. I think this one was her favorite, although she still has a Christmas tree to make out of candy. We're saving that one for a special treat. Thank you Maddie, Jill, and Mike for such a fun gift!!

Thanksgiving 2009-Uncle Kevin's Pictures

Thanksgiving 2009

Carmen had just woken up from a nap when people started to arrive for our celebration. She is still waking up here.

Carmen's grandparents hosted Thanksgiving and invited their neighbor Nan. Nan is practically one of the family and we were all happy she could join us!

Carmen actually tried everything on her plate. Although she definitely saved room for a ton of pumpkin pie and ice cream.