Mister Clown

Today was a funny Carter day! He is fascinated with my scarf collection and always wants to wear one when he sees me put one on. Today he selected the pink polka dotted scarf from my drawer and insisted on wearing it to school! It was rather cold outside, and I wasn't up for a battle at 7:45 so I let him wear it! He actually looked pretty cute and I smiled all morning thinking about my "little diva." You can barely see it in this picture, but be assured that it is very girly! His teachers at school just giggled when he walked in.

When Mike picked him up from school he did not want to leave because his class was playing a game called "Mister Clown." Apparently all of the kids sit in a circle and they clap and sing "Mister Clown, Mister Clown. Who's the funniest clown in town? __________ come and do a trick." Then they fill in different names in the blank and that kid gets up and does something funny. Mike stayed and watched about 5 minutes of the game and said that Carter was clapping and singing and then happily performing when it was his turn. So, naturally we spent most of the rest of our evening taking turns playing Mister Clown with the three of us! Carter's tricks normally consist of putting both hands on the floor while he lifts one leg, turning in a circle, or running around in a large circle. You would think that one might tire of this game after a few minutes, but not Carter. He would have played all night if we could have kept it up.

And last but not least, here is the wild man wearing Daddy's hat. He kept pulling it down over his eyes yelling "Where is Tarter?" Have I mentioned how much joy this kid brings us? What did we ever do without him?