Daily Schedules

This is a boring post so for those of you only here for Karter updates..this isn't one of them. So you may spare yourselves.
So after talking to a few people (Rachel Soper and Rheanon Short) and reading a few blogs I have decided to do a daily schedule with Karter. I am really excited about this. I know what we are doing all day long (other than playing of coarse) so I feel I have accomplished something. If we aren't exactly to a T on timing I'm not gonna beat myself up about it, but we try to stay within a few minutes of the allotted time. I'm sure as Karter gets older a few of these will change. Here is what we do so far.
8:00 Mommy wakes up and gets ready for the day
8:30 Wake Karter up both eat breakfast
9:00 Get Karter dressed both brush teeth
9:15 Mommy cleans up breakfast mess
9:30 Mommy makes bed; straighten room (Karter in room to help)
10 Bible time (story, songs, short DVD)
10:30 Play time in living room with Karter
11 Karter's first nap; Mommy starts daily chores (see cleaning schedule)
12:30 Karter up from nap; both eat lunch
1 Karter play in living room; Mommy clean up from lunch
1:30 Outside play (weather permitting)
2 Structured play (bubbles, play dough, reading)
3 Karter's 2nd nap; Mommy finishes chores, free time for Mommy
4:30 Karter up from nap has small snack; Mommy starts supper
5:30 Supper for family
6 Play time with Daddy; Mommy cleans up supper mess, makes Daddy's lunch for next day
6:30-7 Family Walk, Family time
7:30 Bath for Karter; Devotionals, prayer
8:00 Bed time for Karter

Cleaning Schedule
Monday: Clean Kitchen, run dishwasher, Bathrooms
Tuesday: sweep, mop, vacuum, dust
Weds: Windows, Refrigerator clean out
Thurs: Laundry, put clothes away
Friday: Project day
Saturday-Sunday free days
Everyday: Sweep under Karter's chair, Clean highchair, Make beds
Once a month: baseboards, blinds, outside windows, pick weeds out of flower beds

If you have suggestions please feel free to comment.

My Ride

If anyone knows Brandon at all you know that he is obsessed about his cars. In fact his cars have been his babies up until Karter was born. This is his #1 baby. He has had this car for over 10 years now. It sits in the garage most of the time; and occasionally gets pulled out just to have a bath. I tell him he needs to sell it back to the original owners because it has become the money pit. He insists on keeping it for Karter's first car. Daddy telling Karter to help him wash the car if he is gonna drive it one day

Okay daddy I helped now do I get to drive?

A few more years buddy.

The Park

Since the weather started getting nice and Brandon was off work we thought we'd take a quick trip to the park before Karter's nap. I thought maybe he'd like the swings and the slide...man I was right. He had a blast. This was really the first time he got to "play" outside. Brandon and I decided we may need to make this a weekly thing. We might even give in a buy a swing set someday in the future. Here are a few pictures of our fun afternoon. Karter on his way to the park. He looks excited doesn't he?

Lovin' the swings. He really loved swinging next to someone.

He didn't care too much for this and neither did I. No seat belt to keep him in. He slipped right out and into my arms.

He didn't like going down the slide as much as I thought he would. We got no reaction.

He played so hard that his nap came 30 minutes early.

It was a successful trip I'd say.