Dinosaur Madness

The boys are quite into dinosaurs these days. I think it began in August with the new cartoon Dinosaur Train on PBS...check it out it is great! Then we got a book or two, started memorizing names, etc. Then over fall break I forced them to watch Land Before Time. Carter was all for it, but of course Caden and his movie phobia had some issues. I made him watch the whole thing, I mean physically held him on my lap reassuring him every millisecond that it would be okay. Think what you will but that boy needs to not be scared of movies...anyway, I digress.

While away for fall break we received some hand me down toys from our friends in Houston. There were all sorts of dinos but the best were these massive T-Rex's that roar and move and their eyes are red and light up...FABULOUS! So this began the obsession. We watched the movie lots of times, watched Dinosaur Train over and over, and read every thing we could on dinosaurs.

So for Christmas I get this great idea to put a few in each boys' stocking. I can handle 6 dinosaurs in the house...right. Well Grammie got the same idea then we got Carter a Dino Mountain thing that came with dinosaurs (I didn't read the fine print!) So now we seriously have close to 40 total dinosaurs! WOW...

The boys know them all by their correct names and how they fight, what they eat, etc. Caden plays with them often, but really loves to read about them. He also got some great books on dinosaurs for Christmas and keeps checking one out each day from the school library. He is like his mother and gets bored easily and moves on to different toys constantly. Carter on the other hand is ADDICTED! He will line them up in an army, fight with them, tell stories with them, and all sorts of stuff. Today he had me playing with him and he kept instructing me on what my dinosaurs could say and who they could kill...he really knows his stuff!

Here are a few pics of Carter the other day. He must have stayed at the table for close to 45 minutes playing with his dinos...so precious!





Before you go, I must also explain the horse. Carter is also obsessed with the horse at Wal-Mart. He affectionately calls him "Old Paint". We have to talk to him every time we are there. Caden found this horse for Carter and wanted to get it for him for Christmas. Carter named the above horse "Old Paint" and wouldn't you know Old Paint can even fight dinosaurs! This boy did not get his imagination from me that is for sure!

Cabin Fever

Here are a few of the pics from the cabin. We spent the entire week after Christmas there! The kids loved to sled down the driveway, climb the mountain behind the cabin, go tubing down the ski mountain, and most of all play with their cousins! They had a great time!

I wanted to snap a few shots, so I had the kids push each other at first...didn't work so well!

Brooklyn was really trying to get Carter down that mountain!

Mya and Brooklyn

Caden and Carter

5 of the 7 cousins...Cole was napping and didn't get to sled today and Jada stayed home :)

Proof that I was out there! Caden snapped this picture of Carter and me.

Tate being goofy and climbing the mountain.

Tate and Caden

Cole really loved being out there! He was only out there about 10 minutes before we left to go tubing and that was not long enough. He screamed and kicked the entire time to the mountain!

Look closely and you can see a few deer on the mountain to the left of the cabin. They were right next to the driveway where the kids were playing, while the kids were playing...WOW!

Cory and the boys ready to go tubing down the mountain!