What's this??

Carson has learned the phrase "What's this?" and says it allll day long. It actually comes out more like "Wsss thssss?", it's so cute. However, answering to him constantly can test our patience! He has also learned the word "hot" and now everything is "hot", even when something is cold or has no temperature. Sometimes when I give him a snack he'll start saying "hot" and lift his hands up but his snack is a cracker or raisins. We are trying to teach him the difference but it's not working yet. He also loves to play with phones. He will use any object as one, holding it up to his ear and saying "hi" or "hey". He has two play cell phones and even one of our old cordless phones to use but sometimes he prefers random objects.
Carson still loves to read. We probably look at 15 books a day, most are repeats. He is learning animals and can recognize a lot through pictures. He can also make the sounds that cats, dogs, pigs and frogs make. He really likes to look at First 100 Words and anything with cars. He is also still into his mega blocks but now he plays with all the pieces and makes big towers/buildings, instead of using only the single ones.

Carson had his first black eye a few weeks ago! (I thought I took a picture of it but now I can't find one...) We were both in the kitchen and all of a sudden I heard him start to cry. I thought maybe Pete knocked him over or he hit his lip but then I saw the huge grape-sized lump under his eye and it was instantly black and blue. I was afraid he chipped his eye socket or something so I called the doctor. They couldn't see hikm for a few hours and since he had calmed down it didn't seem urgent. Within a few minutes he was back to himself, running after the dogs and playing. After talking to my mom and a friend I decided not to bring him to the doctor. I still don't know exactly what happened but I'm thinking he bumped his face on the window sill. He loves to stand on the radiator and look outside. The bruise stayed for about a week but then disappeared and now everything looks fine!

Last month we went to the Rochester Fair and Carson loved the petting zoo. He fed goats and a giraffe! We walked through all the barns and saw horses, cows, chickens, pigs, rabbits, llamas...the list goes on! He even "won" a prize playing a game and we all enjoyed the fair food!

This year we are going to dress Carson up for Halloween, he is going to be a shark. We also want to take him trick-or-treating. This will be our first time out in Sanford. We haven't figured out where to go because no one on our street participates. The first year we lived here I decorated and bought a ton of candy but only 6 kids came, 4 of which lived on our road at the time. Last year I didn't bother getting candy or dressing Carson up so we'll have to ask around to find out which neighborhood is best.

I'm really looking forward to the holidays this year. I think it's going to be so much fun with Carson. He is growing up so fast! We love to see how he changes each year and gets more enjoyment out of things.