What's New With The Carter Family

WHAT! I can't believe I forgot to post some Halloween pictures on here! I've been so pre-occupied with my 'other' blog (the stamping one) that I have kind of neglected this one....so sorry! Here are a few photos of Jem from this year's Halloween night - where he recycled his costume from 2 years ago, added a little to it, and became - a Hammer Bro. from Paper Mario (a Nintendo video game).

This weekend we said goodbye to an old friend (or foe as Cathy remembers it)...Brandon's 1999 Chevy Malibu. It had gotten to the point where it needed the same repair done on it (a third time) and along with it's other issues, became too much trouble to keep. So we went car shopping. We were looking for another Sedan, and since Cathy was happy with her Hyundai Santa Fe, we decided to go with the same brand, different model - a Silver Hyundai Sonata V6. It's a good little car, gets decent gas mileage, has great safety features and will be a perfect little commuter car for Brandon. Plus with the warranty we won't have to worry about any 'repairs' for a long, long time! Welcome home new car :)

Two days later, Jem lost his SECOND tooth.....on the bottom, right next to the first one :) It was wiggly and wobbly, and with enough tongue pushing it came right out! Another visit from the tooth fairy might have been the motivation to rush getting this one out haha!!

His very first tooth...........loose for months now..............is FINALLY OUT!!! It happened only a few minutes ago :) and yes, already I'm blogging about it haha!!! He's been waiting for this for sooooo long.....whooo hoooo!!!!! His tooth is in a baggie under his bed, awaiting inspection from the tooth fairy; and attached is a note asking if we could please keep the tooth since "mom" wants to scrapbook it haha!!!! I wonder what the going rate for a fairy visit is these days.....

This is a sight I often see, on weekends only of course (since we have a "no video games during the school week" policy!). It's a very Jem moment in time....glued to his Mario & Luigi game on his Nintendo DS (as he wears his Mario Bros. t-shirt). He is a little boy, obsessed with Mario :) He talks about him, pretends to be him, and even dreams of him. I know this stage won't last forever....but for now, I'm glad he's found something to pour his passion and imagination into. Even if it is a video game character :)

Jem just signed up for cub scouts this week... and here he is, all ready to head off for his first outing! He and Carson got all dressed up, and along with the dads, headed off to a day of fun activities with other cub scouts. LOOK AT HOW STINKIN' CUTE MY BOY IS IN HIS UNIFORM!!!!!!!!! So cute!!!!!

I can't believe that Jem is now in SECOND grade!!! Wow, time sure does go by fast....wasn't it just yesterday that he was starting first grade with Mrs York??? Whew! Well Jem is just LOVING second grade...he is in Mrs Inks class with lots of familiar friends and best of all, his "best friend" Heather :) He even sits at a little desk now (not the big shared tables of Kindergarten and first grade!) and is still going by "James" at school *LOL*. Here is a page I scrapbooked (at Sarah's house this week) of Jem's first day of Second Grade!