Adventures with the Hunsaker's: Happy 2nd Birthday Carson!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Happy 2nd Birthday Carson!

On Saturday Carson turned 2 years old!

We had a casual little get together that a few of our dental school friends could come to.

Mickey Mouse isn't necessarily Carson's favorite, but we just did Lightning McQueen for Avery in December. So we went with a good little-guy theme that he does enjoy now, but may be too old for in the future.

The cake in the middle is just for Carson and the cupcakes for the kids.
I had an extra undecorated cake for the adults.

The Mini-Mickey's:

How do you like my cool new shades?

Avery could not help himself; strangely, Carson never got mad at him.

Emmett, on the other hand, got a big "Noooo Emmett" when he got close:

New monster truck love

Dig in!

Once he figured out there was candy around the edge,
he ate half of that before returning to the cake:

As good as MoTab, huh?

Happy Birthday Carson!

5 comments:

Jodee Luke said...: cute cute! the cakes turned out great!; March 31, 2009 at 7:28 AM
Mindy said...: Yum! You have some of the cutest ideas. I think it's funny how "Happy Birthday to You" is one of the most-sung songs and yet does anyone know what note to start on ever?!; March 31, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Grammy H said...: The office staff LOVED! the pix on your blog this time, especially these. They definitly love the boys. They also noticed how cute Avery was for his enthusiastic volume of the birthday song.
Grammy H; April 1, 2009 at 11:42 AM
RaQuelle Willey said...: Happy Birthday Carson! Sure was a fun party. I loved the birthday cake, super cute and yummy I must add.; April 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Mom said...: How far did he get with the cake? This birthday stuff is serious business....you can tell by the effort put forth by parents, the seriousness of cake eating and the volume of singing at all children's birthday parties. One of these times I'm going to be there for a party or two.; April 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM

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About Laurie

I met Travis in Institute at Oregon State University in 2001 and we were married Aug 2002. We have 3 boys, Avery, Carson and Emmett. I love photography and run a business, Laurie Marie Photography. We live in Salem, OR where we love to enjoy all the green and hike the waterfalls or head out to the coast. I love nature and feel like I can't get enough of its beauty. Going to the dunes has always been a favorite where I get nature and driving fast on a quad or in a sandrail! I'm also a scuba diver now and always so excited to explore this new area of the outdoors and new opportunities to create beautiful pictures. I'm an avid reader and love book club.

About Avery

Avery was born in Dec 2004 and is now 7 and almost a 2st grader. He loves being a big brother to Carson and Emmett.
When he grows up Avery still wants to be a dentist. He's still big on science and loves watching any and all science or nature related shows. He's always had a love for money (think Mr. Krabs on Spongebob or Scrooge McDuck) and now his new fascination is with gold. He has his own gold pan and has received some pay dirt but really wants to get out and pan or dredge for gold. He loves swimming lessons and has no fear at all of the water (all the more reason we need him to learn to swim well) and tells me he's made for swimming.
Avery continues to be off the chart tall, and while he's not as skinny as he used to be, he's still skinny.

Avery tells me what he loves: playing in the water, swimming and diving, playing outside, going in the dry creek with friends, making forts out of pillows, going on hikes especially to waterfalls, everything science especially finding bugs and doing experiments and watching science shows and going to OMSI, watching the fish in our aquarium, riding my bike and playing in the snow, I want to find gold, going to the beach and seeing the tide pools and playing in the sand.

About Carson

Carson was born in March of 2007 and is now 5 years old.
He loves his brothers and doing whatever his brothers are doing. Carson is still an incredible puzzler and loves doing them on a regular basis. He also loves swimming lessons but has a lot more respect for the water and is reserved. He's still a picky eater but loves fruits, vegetables, chicken nuggets, nachos or any type of "nacho" soup, pb&j and that's about it. At least he loves fruits and vegetables! Carson's new obsession is Star Wars. He just can't get enough. Carson has had the best of best friends in Theo for almost two years now and they remain thick as thieves. They've gone to school together and Carson's favorite day has been Mondays when they get to take turns going to each others' homes to play for the day after school. This fall they'll start Kindergarten at separate schools, but we're keeping play dates. Carson is still tall, but not off the chart like his brothers.

Carson tells me what he loves: going on hikes, doing bike races with my brothers, going to the end of the creek, playing with Star Wars Legos, playing with Theo, OMSI, playing with my brothers, getting fish for our aquarium, swimming lessons, going to the beach and seeing the tide pools and playing in the sand and running in the surf, watching tv, and music.

About Emmett

Emmett was born in September of 2008 and is now almost 4 years old.
Emmett is still Mr. Mischief but at least he's not the run-away escape artist he used to be. He loves to pretend to be different animals, but especially a cat and curl up in your lap. After a rough start Emmett loves getting to have his turn at preschool. He's still a go go go kind of boy, but really likes to be with Mom or Dad. Especially Dad. Emmett continues to be off the chart tall, but while he's skinny he still has more breadth than Avery.

Emmett tells me what he loves: You and me shopping, getting married with you (um , married to Daddy bud, but I love you!), watching tv with you, sitting next to you, riding my bike, going to the beach and seeing the tide pools, playing with toys, building forts, picking flowers for you, when I'm a grown up I'll scuba dive with Dad, going to the movie theater with you, going hiking, Grandma and Grandpa Benjamin coming over. -My sweet Emmett, he's so much mischief, but so much love!