The Adventures of Our Little Viking

There is never a dull moment when you live with a three year old. Carter has recently rediscovered his plastic Viking attire (this has to be the best dollar that I ever spent at a garage sale). He has worn it non-stop for the last three days. He tells us that he is a scary Viking and he is not scared to fight dragons. His imagination has taken off within the last few months and he is so much fun to play with. We spent all morning chasing dragons and fighting bad guys. After I took this picture, I was completely amazed at how tall he looks- he is just so grown up now in so many ways.

Here is Carter in his PJs and Viking gear eating breakfast. He has been sleeping in the plastic armor for the last few days. While I can't imagine much that would be less comfortable, he is super happy, and that is good enough for me. What you can't see in this picture is that he is eating banana bread with a steak knife. He was stabbing it and eating it directly off the knife- very much like how I imagine a real Viking would eat banana bread!

And here is the proud Viking posing with his sister. I was taking Evyn's picture and he said "Mommy wait for me to be handsome too." This is what he wore to the grocery store today. He pushed the little kid buggy through the whole store dressed as a Viking smiling from ear to ear. He also wore the getup to the Science Spectrum yesterday with Mike, where he spun around and around on a "gravity exhibit" and got REALLY dizzy. Mike then buckled him into his carseat with the hard plastic breastplate and helmet and neglected to turn on the air conditioner. Poor Carter was looking green and sweating profusely when they picked me up for lunch and he proceeded to vomit all over Mike at Whataburger. The moral of the story is that you should not let a three year old wearing hard plastic get too hot or dizzy. You will be glad to know that it was nothing that a little Sprite could not fix.

This is the picture that I was taking of Evyn prior to the Viking including himself in the photo shoot! Look at how strong she is now.

Evyn and daddy on "daddy day." Her shirt says "Daddy's Little Princess" and it could not be more true.

I have hidden the Viking armor tonight in hopes that Carter will forget about it at least long enough for us to take him to church tomorrow. We'll see. If not, I am sure that Jesus will understand. . .