A real post

Finally a real post from the land of Carter!!

I haven't really posted anything since before Christmas and that was so long ago I don't even remember. We've been having lots of fun since then. The holidays went by too fast. I spent Christmas here with mommy and Tony and boy did we have fun. We went to Julia's house for a big dinner, and had Christmas dinner here at home. It was fun! Santa brought me LOTS of stuff and the rest of the family spoiled me too. I am so lucky! Thank you!! Santa left me a GPS but their must have been a mixup because he only left me the empty box. Can you believe it?? Auntie Carrie thinks Santa needed it to find his way home but I think the elves played a trick and kept it for themselves to go geocaching. Either way we went to those nice people at Canadian Tire and they filled the box. Thank goodness! But then we couldn't get that geocache to work properly so we brought it back and I finally got one that works and a few days after Christmas we found our first geocache with it. Right in our neighbourhood! It was pretty awesome!! We've gone out twice since then to find more caches but I think it's harder in the winter because we didn't find either one. We'll have to try again once some of this snow has melted...because did you know we have a TON of snow!! Anyhow back to Christmas...we had everyone here for Christmas dinner and then had a fireworks show in the backyard. It was so much fun! Dom was setting them off and he was making us laugh. He thought he was going to blow up. It was funny!

Hmm...what else is new. A few weeks ago my class went on the first field trip. We went to the NAC to see a production of How the Guamquat Found Her Voice. It was really neat! Mommy came along to volunteer so we had a great morning together.

Then a few weeks ago we decided to take a little vacation. We got up early on a Saturday and dropped Tucker off at the kennel and then went towards Sainte Sauveur. We went tubing for the day at Glissades! http://www.glissades.ca It was sooooo much fun!! We all had our own tubes and could pick them ourselves so we could get fast ones. Then they have his conveyer belt that runs up the mountain so you don't have to wait in any lines to get up to the top. That was so cool! We went down everytime hanging onto each other...Tony went so fast!! We got snow in our faces but it was great. We even did a bunch of the expert runs. We did one HUGE expert run and it was such a thrill I almost peed my pants. So much fun! We rented a hotel in Laval for the night and it had a pool but the heater was broke. We tried to swim anyways but it was way to cold. Oh well. We had breakfast there in the morning and then drove into Montreal. We got a bit lost but finally found the big car show. Wow...lots of people and lots of NICE cars. I liked the race cars. So that was a really fun weekend.

But when we got back Tucker got a little stressed sleeping at the kennel and he was really sick. We had to take him to the vet...he was pooping everywhere and all the time. We got him special pills and food and he's all better now. He's as crazy as ever!!

And the snow...we have a lot!! We had a lot before Christmas but then on Friday we had another big snow storm!! Last week I had a snow day on Wednesday and then a PD Day on Friday. Can't beat that! I still help shovel sometimes but I'm kind of sick of the snow. And usually when I try and shovel Tucker comes and steals my shovel...he thinks he can do a better job.

We had so much snow on Friday that I didn't go to daddy's. I just spent the weekend with Mommy instead. We just stayed home on Friday and Saturday but then on Sunday we went into town. First we went to Isabel's house in Kanata to finally bring her and Julia their Christmas gifts. We had a fun time visiting and playing together. Then we stopped at IKEA to get a shelf. And then went down to the canal to go skating. Turns out Tuck wasn't allowed on the ice so instead Tony walked on the path along the canal and mommy and I skated. I'm doing good on my skates I just need to learn to go forward now. The best part was stopping for Beaver Tails and hot chocolate. Yum!! After that it was late so we had to hurry to Julia's house for dinner. I played with Lyz and ate and then it was home to bed.

That's it for now. Just thought it was time for an update.

Perfect Score!!

This week I got perfect on my spelling test!! 5 new words and I spelt them all right and got all the letters right. Yahoo!!

My First Spelling Test

I had my first spelling test today. I've been practicing all week and guess what?! I got 4.5 our of 5!! My only mistake was that I wrote my "J" backwards in the word "jam". Yah for me! My other words were "cap", "sat", "bat" and "pan". I am doing great at school! I'm reading level 10 books now too. I'm a pro!

6 days till Christmas!

Christmas is less then one week away. Boy am I excited!! I had an extra long weekend at Daddy's house last weekend because of a HUGE snowstorm. Holy cow! Lots and lots and lots of snow. We made a big snow mountain in daddy's yard. So I had to sleepover on Sunday night because it was too snowy to drive anywhere. I got another snow day on Monday (the 3rd time this year) and got to go to work with daddy and then mommy picked me up there. Pretty fun!! Mommy and me went Christmas shopping in the afternoon. We got a bunch more gifts bought. Lots of stuff for Tony, Lyzbeth and Isabel and we even got some craft stuff for us. It was fun! Then it was time to come home and shovel. We've been shovelling so much. Seems like every day we have to shovel more and more and more. Usually I get tired of it pretty quickly and work on my snow fort instead. Emily came over a few times to play outside too. That was fun!

Monday night we got the tree in the house. And guess what?! It was too big!! So Tony had to borrow a saw from the neighbours and cut the tree...right in the house!! So silly!! Now it fits just perfectly. Like you can see in the picture. Didn't I do a great job decorating?? It was so much fun! And now the best part is that we can put presents under it. Yahoo! There's even a bunch for me under there.

Last night was the Christmas concert at my school. Daddy, Sylvie, Jordan and Clark came too. That was pretty special to have my whole family there. I wore an elf hat and sang two songs...one was even in french. Pretty fun!

That's all for now. Just wanted to share the picture of our special tree.

Eleven Days till Christmas!!

Christmas is only 11 days away!! Are you excited?? I am!!

Only one more week of school and then I am on holidays. I wish I was on holidays already. We're definately going to have a white Christmas this year. There is sooooo much snow!! I've been busy helping mommy and Tony shovel almost every day. And when that's done I get to play in the snow with Tucker. It's so much fun! I did all my Christmas shopping at school this year. I bought a bunch of gifts for people and this year I'm keeping it a secret until the big day. I'm so excited to see them open them. And for Santa...well I didn't write him a letter but I've decided that he can bring me anything he wants. Even girl toys! But if he brings me girl toys I am going to send them to Emma.

We went to get our tree the other day. We finally get to have a REAL tree! So we went out to find the tree farm but drove right by it so instead stopped at the cheese factory and then went back to the tree farm. But on the way I thought I saw something and told Tony to stop the car. He pulled over to the shoulder and got stuck in the deep snow. So mommy was trying to push the car out and then a man stopped to help. What an adventure! We finally got to the tree farm and got a saw and went to find the "perfect tree". Their sure were lots to choose from but I picked the BEST one. It's really big and bushy. Might even be too big for the house but we'll make it fit. For now it's drying in the garage but on Sunday we get to decorate it. So exciting!

We've been having lots of fun in the evenings just playing outside and inside. I really love Monopoly Junior. It's a lot of fun! Oh and I had a doctor's appointment this week and was soooooo brave. I got a flu shot and it stung my arm but I hardly cried.

Report Cards

We actually are going to post to the blog twice in one month! It must be a miracle. :) I finally got my first real report card last week. It's a good one! I got all B's and 1 C (in French). My teacher writes "Carter enjoys being at school and gets along well with his peers. He is showing good growth in the basic skills. At times, he is inattentive and needs reminders to listen attentively during instructional time. He has made great strides in participating more during discussions and enjoys sharing his ideas. Carter is developing better work habits; however, he does need reminders to stay on task. He is encouraged to use his time more wisely in order to become more productive and to complete his work on time." My mom pretty much agrees with the teacher. Sometimes whats going on in my imagination is so much more interesting then what she is teaching. But everyone is very happy with my report card. And guess what?? In 3 months I went from reading nothing to going to reading the average of my class (level 5). That's a pretty great accomplishment!

Our other big news is we just got back from Sault Ste Marie. Mommy and me left on Wednesday morning. And when we woke up Wednesday morning...holy cow...snow everywhere!! But we hit the road anyhow and left Tony and Tucker behind. Tony had to work and Tucker is too big to travel in the little car. The trip there was good. We only stopped twice on the way there and on the way back...in Deep River at Tim's and at Espanola at Wendy's. It was pretty great to spend some time with grandma, grandpa, papa, aunt Jodie, uncle Paul, Emma and Aunt Carrie. The first night I just stayed up playing with grandpa and grandma and we watched the whole Sens game...right until the end. But the Sens lost. Then on Thursday we went to visit Papa. He sure was happy to see me. And in the afternoon we went out with grandpa. First to get his oil changed in the truck (we didn't even have to get out of the truck) then to Home Depot and the TSC store. Pretty exciting! Grandpa got me a big blow up Tony Stewart car with snowmen as a pit crew for our front yard. I can't wait to put it up! So exciting! And we went out to McDonald's for lunch. Then Emma and Auntie Carrie came for dinner and to play. On Friday we visited Papa again and then went geocaching at Hiawatha with aunt Jodie, uncle Paul and the two silly dogs. We walked forever and we never found the geocache. Their was supposed to be a red ribbon on a tree to tell us the second coordinates and I think the ribbon blew away. Oh well we had a great time anyhow and got hot chocolate to warm up afterwards. Then it was the big sleepover! First to Papa's for a very yummy dinner and to play and then to grandpa's for the big sleepover with aunt Carrie, aunt Jodie, and Emma. We played tons of games, won prizes and watched Ratatouille. It was a blast! Mommy and aunt Jodie fell asleep during the movie but not Emma and me! In the morning we had more fun playing and then we watched Evan Almighty...boy I love that movie. In the evening we went to great grandma Dukes. Had fun visiting with all the family and I especially enjoyed racing and playing shuffle board with Brandon and Courtney. Boy now that we're home I sure miss everyone in the Soo. But it was good to get home and visit with Tucker and Tony again. Tucker sure missed me!!

Tonight was my last swimming lesson until January. I got a report card from there too. I did such a great job in Swimmer 1! I can do a back float for 10 seconds by myself and I can jump in with no one hanging on now. Yahoo!!

That's all for now. With swimming lessons and parent/teacher interview today there was no time for homework. Oops! I better do twice as much tomorrow.

November

Once again no one has updated my blog in a VERY long time. I think Daddy has stopped doing it altogether. We haven't even had an update since I started school. Boy that's a long time ago!!

So what has happened since I last posted...Auntie Jodie and Uncle Paul did come to visit for almost a whole week and they brought their silly dogs. At first they didn't like Tucker's silliness but by the end of the week they were all friends. Tucker sure loved having playmates around and sure missed them when they left. It was exciting that they got to be here for my very first day at my new school. So exciting! I took them out to St Albert cheese factory to buy some curds and we all went to the Russell Fair. Riding the spinning penguins with Uncle Paul was my favorite. We practiced riding my two wheeler too but I still dont' have the hang of it...maybe one day. Oh and the most exciting news of their visit is that Auntie Jodie found out she is pregnant while they were here!! I am going to have another cousin. Neat!!

Now onto school...it took me a long time to adjust and at first I was crying every morning but then mommy told me to just keep telling myself that "I am brave...I will not cry" and guess what? I didn't cry anymore! My teacher is Ms Pepin. She's really nice and young...even younger then mommy I think. I have a lot of teachers though...I have Mrs Cameron for science and another teacher for music and then for reading I work with Mrs Beaupray. I'm in a special program and she's helping me read books all by myself. Yesterday I brought home a level 3 book and I could read the whole thing. Cool! It's pretty exciting to learn to read!! We got to the library every week too and we have gym. I've made lots of friends now and like playing with Ivan, Simon, Julia and Daniel. I also met two friends that live down the street Meghan and Emma. Meghan's been to play a bunch of times and we always have fun. She just loves Tucker.

I started swimming lessons again in September and this year I'm in Swimmer 1. I'm finally in a class with ALL boys! 4 other boys in my group and even my instructor is a boy. We get into trouble some weeks but I always have fun.

What else...I still love playing outside and after bringing Tucker for a walk after school we usually stay outside until supper time. So I get a few good hours to ploay and be crazy. Some nights (or weekends) we go visit Shannon and Nat. Shannon is the one who has a big tow truck...it's cool! And they have a brand new baby. We went to see her when she was only 1 day old in the hospital. I like to hold her hand and give her kisses.

What else is new...we went to the Senators Fanfest at Scotiabank Place back in September. And guess what?? We saw Daddy and Sylvie and Clark there so we sat with them. It was pretty cool to see all those hockey players up close. And we found out that Clark LOVES popcorn!! And at the end of September was the CIBC Run for the Cure for breast cancer. It was downtown and the walk from parking to the start of the walk was soooo long! We brought Tucker with us and registered him as well so we even put a t-shirt on Tucker. Lots of people took his picture...they thought he looked cute!

I still love spending time with Tony. We play PS2 all the time and cars and just hang out together. He brings me to school most mornings (mommy wakes me up before she leaves for work but it's really early in the morning) and then mommy is off in time to pick me up. But if it's Tony's day off then sometimes he picks me up and we hang out until mommy gets home from work. It's fun! And mommy goes to a fitness class one night a week so Tony puts me to bed on those nights...I get to stay up late. But shhhh...don't tell mommy!!

What else have we been up to...we went to the Meet The Teacher BBQ at my school and that was fun. I also did a Terry Fox Run at my school so mommy came to walk with me.

Oh we went to Metcalfe Fair too and got to watch a demolitian derby there and go on a bunch more rides and then just a few weeks ago we went to the big demolitian derby at the TSC store in Rockland! That was cool...crashum smashum in the parking lot! So this year I saw 3 demo derbies. They're so much fun!

Tucker is still growing like crazy. He's way bigger then me now. But I love him. We play all the time together and some nights he curls up at the end of my bed. This morning he was stretched out beside me with his nose on my pillow. Silly dog! He wants to share everything that I have...even my bath! He always comes in and wants to eat the soap and play in the bath bubbles while I'm in the tub but last week he actually climbed right in with me. Yup...he wanted to get clean too I guess. Silly dog! There wasn't room in there for the two of us.

I'm doing speech therapy again at school too. Maybe people will be able to understand me a bit better. I am really working hard at my c/g/th. It's getting there.

Tony's birthday was last week. He is getting old! So we had a good weekend together celebrating. We went for brunch at Lucky Seven and they had the coolest apple juice fountain. We got him a air hockey table and I think mommy and me like it as much as he does. I'm pretty good!

That's all of an udpate for now. I think that covers two months worth. Tomorrow is pizza day at school...yum! Then it's off to daddy's for the weekend.