Eat your vegetables

Every time we have to get shoes on, the same thing is heard in our house "My toes are benting (no typo). My sock is buggin' me." Carter is quite particular about how his socks and shoes fit. So, when he told me his shoe wasn't comfortable, I didn't think anything of it. But, after a day or two, I checked his shoes, and sure enough, they were too small. A month prior, his toes still had plenty of room. So, we will no longer be passing big brother's shoes onto little brother - they now wear the same size (in fact, Carter's feet are actually a wee bit longer). We often get comments on how tall he is for 3 1/2. He was just "average" at his 3-year check up; I guess we'll see how he measures up in August at 4 years. Carter says his feet grew because he's been eating his vegetables.Logan has two weeks off from school for spring break, so we decided to make an overnight trip to Anchorage. We stayed in a hotel with a pool and the boys had saved their allowance and Christmas money, etc. so we also stopped at Toys R Us. Grandma Jan sent them gift cards for Build-A-Bear, so we finally got to use those (hint, Grandma...I thought the place was VERY cool too!). Logan and I had looked at their website earlier and he already knew exactly what he wanted. He got his little dog and it's bed. He also picked out the little dog carrier that has wheels; he even pulled it down for breakfast in the hotel the next morning.Carter also picked a dog...just because he liked the barking noise he could get put inside. He really wanted to get roller skates, but he didn't have enough money so the dog has Sketchers for now.We made another stop at the Imaginarium too; the last time we went was August 2007. I was hoping Carter would get more into it this time, but he spent 2 of our 2 1/2 hours playing at the train table... Going down the slide...head first, of course.

Logan decided to give it a try once he saw little brother survived.

Launching a rocket.Getting "electrocuted." Logan was too afraid to touch it.
And, of course, we had to stop at Chuck-E-Cheese. Ryan and I decided that next time we take the boys there, we'll just play and eat somewhere else. None of us like their pizza...and the boys don't want to eat anyway.

Here's Logan riding the roller coaster. I wish I had a picture of Carter riding it; he screamed the whole time (out of joy, not terror).

We have dreams of taking the boys to Disneyworld someday when they're a little older. But for now, we're happy they have tons of fun just going to Anchorage.