5 years have gone by since Carter was born!

It's hard to believe that our second born chubby baby is now 5! Carter has lost all of his babyness and is looking and acting more like the big boy he is. He is smart, sweet, and loving. He is doing well and making a lot of friends in pre-school and he's looking forward to Kindergarten next year! He was so brave when he got his 5 year boosters at his check-up! He is 40 in and weighs 40 lbs and is growing well...he's hoping to gain 2 more inches before next summer so he can ride more coasters at Kings Island! ; ) Happy Birthday to our big boy Carter Joseph! :)

Carter's birthday party invitations.
I made them! :O)

Indiana Jones Lego set from Dad, Mom, PJ, Lexie and Audra

Hot Wheels color change set from Grandma and Grandpa Schultz

Ohhhh, another one!

And another! (Notice Lexie sitting with her hands in her lap!)

Carter with one of his built Knex cars

Wow! Wall-E jammies from Aunt Kelly, Uncle Adam and Addison

Holy Cow! Wall-E sheets from Grandpa and Nana Pritchett!

(He has wanted some for quite some time!)

The tour of Maggie Moo's

Making ice cream

Tasting ice cream

Lexie making an ice cream cup cake

Carter adding his mix-in's.

Carter's finished birthday ice cream!

Shane our neighbor

Lily mixing ice cream

Lily from school

Joe from school

Haylie and Luke mixing

Haylie

Luke

Gavin and Thomas mixing

Gavin

Thomas our neighbor

PJ finally getting to mix!

The big brother waited 'till the end! :O)

Audra giving Maggie Moo a high five.

Carter and Maggie

Group shot!Lego city from Aunt Stephany, Uncle Brian, Xander, and Maura Building his city while PJ is at school (on purpose I say!).

Carter built it all by himself - what a smart guy!
Thank you for all of Carter's birthday gifts, cards, and wishes! He had a great day!

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...Schultz style

Okay, so neither of these girls are Schultz's, but that's where it all began. I wore a dark blue pair of Devil Dog jeans with a yellow stripe on the side seams when I was about 18 months old. My sisters Lisa and Stacy both wore the jeans, as sisters often do. Miraculously the jeans made it through 3 of my parent's moves and 28 plus years, to be worn by my first born daughter Alexa. Next, Aurora, my niece, wore them. They will be soon on their way back to America to be worn by Audra. It is my hope that these jeans will make it through the cousins and then down to their kids...what a neat concept! Here are the girls wearing the pants.

Aurora

Alexa

A link to Lisa's Traveling Pants post: http://lisa-memoirsofamommy.blogspot.com/2009/09/sisterhood-of-traveling-pants.html and http://lisa-memoirsofamommy.blogspot.com/2009/11/sisterhood-of-traveling-pants-part-1-2.html

PumpkinFest 0h Nine

This year we changed our tradition a bit. We went to PumpkinFest at The Country Market near Zionsville instead of the circus that our beloved Stony Creek has become. For one reasonable price, the kids got to ride the rides, slide the slides, and roam the corn maze. My mom loves videos so here is a cute one of the boys playing leap-pumpkins.

"Hey baby!" Do you want a "high five"?

Okay, so I may not have time to type much, but here are the videos of a few of Audra's first words...
She can also say Mama, Dada, PJ, Dora, SpongeBob, milk, cup, shoes, light, gives muah kisses, she is such a big girl!

F is for football and fun!

My friend Melanie, who's son Jadon is on the same football team as PJ, took this video for me. It is PJ as a running back. He only gained like 20 yards, but it was pretty cool! :) PJ and the Bears will have their last game on Saturday. PJ has learned a lot this season and has had a lot of fun!