Band Practice

So this was fun Carson's Uncle Gino is in a Rock band and Carson just thinks that it's the coolest thing that Gino gets to "Rock Out." My mom bought him this play guitar a while back and he always plays "Rock out." We keep telling him that Rocking out is something you do not something you play but oh well. Anyways the other day he got the toy piano or "plano" out for Lilli and he and Lilli had Band Practice! I was pretty sure he wouldn't let me record him, but it turned out he likes to play in front of the cameras and he even dialed it up a notch. It was probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen! It was pretty funny too!

Band Practice

Here's another video. I have like 5, but these two were my favorites! Enjoy!

Dear Santa

I know it's a little early but Carson has been all about Santa and Christmas since the beginning of October. Everything he sees he tells me he wants to get for Christmas and the other day he told me that he wanted to call Santa and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. I told him Santa doesn't have a phone and that we needed to write him a letter. So we sat down the other day and the kids wrote their letters to Santa because as Carson said when I told him it was too early, "But mommy I want a lot of things and it's hard to make a lot of things." So I guess he's right and Santa needs time to make all the toys. Below are Carson's and Lilly's lists to Santa. I mainly just put in the filler words to make the letter make sense but tried to keep it as they told me. Carson's is 98% his words and Lilly's is more like 85% her words. We mailed off the letters and now they are anxiously awaiting a reply. (It's in the works).

Carson's Letter to Santa:

Dear Santa,
This is Carson, I'm the number 3 now. I've been really, really, really, really good! What I want for Christmas is; Hungry, Hungry Hippos, Wonder Pets, Pablo and Thomas the Train. Oh, I want books and movies too. I want new shoes and new pants too because they are small and I look silly. Also I wanna go to Grandma's house to open my presents. Also I want any video games and new tools because they are broken. Also please and thank you. One more thing, Grandma has been good too, so please bring her presents too. Ok that's not all yet...I also want a new play puppy, and a bear because it's broken...it's not broken but I want a new one. I also want a new backpack and new soccer balls. I want new golf balls, and a new big airplane. Also a new football. That's all. Remember I am really, really, good.

Love,
Carson Asay Burt
Number 3 (meaning to say that he's 3)

Lilliana's Letter to Santa:

Dear Santa,
I've been really, really good. For Christmas I want to have a new backpack for school, and a new baby. I am being really, really good. I want also a new kitchen set to play with and some paint for my fingernails. Ya and I want a new Dora. I also want a new hat and new books and I really want some new shoes for my feet. I want pretty, sparkly earrings for my ears and a new horsie to play with. Thanks and please.

Love,
Lilliana Burt, I'm not Carson I'm Lilly this time.

Tag For Landon From Kenzie

Kenzie tagged Landon so here it is...

5 Things you may not know about Landon

1. Before he even turned one, Landon had flown a total of 7545.6 miles and been out of the country. He took his first flight when he was 3 months old.

2. Landon was named after Landon Donovan the MLS soccer player, Chris picked out the name when we were in the hospital the day after Carson was born and we were watching the USA vs. Costa Rica world cup qualifying game we were supposed to have been at. (He is a player for the USA Chris just liked the name).

3. Landon is the only one of our kids so far that Chris has not blessed. We were in Costa Rica when he was blessed and Chris was nice enough to allow my Grandfather to do the honors. Now he and my Grandfather share a special bond and he's said to bring him back for his baptism and all the other major events.

4. Landon is lactose intolerant.

5. After Landon learned how to crawl he took a little detour before learning how to walk. For like 4-5 months he got around by walking on his knees. He would walk on his knees all day, all over the house. He could move just as if he were walking it was really funny to watch because he looked like he was walking and my family used to tell me to put shoes on his knees.

Tag For Lilliana From Kenzie

Ok so Kenzie tagged Lilli so here goes...

5 Things you may not know about Lilliana.

1. In her two years Lilliana has racked up 15, 528.8 airline miles, though she's only just turned two so now we'll actually have to buy her a ticket...bummer. She took her first flight when she was 3 months old and she has already been out of the country.

2. Lilliana was named after my wonderful mother.

3. Lilliana has a love already for purses and shoes!

4. Lilliana was born with a red "W" birthmark on her lower back that looks oddly just like the new Walkman logo. It's about an inch wide and an inch tall.

5. Lilli is allergic to cats and cantelope (just like her daddy)

On the Move...

For our family In Utah I just wanted to give you a little view of Landon on the move since he finally started walking about a couple of months ago and you all haven't gotten to see him yet. It's cute, he's getting really comfortable walking now and he is all over the place! He makes me laugh sometimes when I watch him because he still looks so little to me. He's getting so big though.

So this year was a really fun Halloween! We let Carson decide what he wanted to be and he chose to be a Raiders Football player again. Lilli was a witch, and Landon was a cowboy! They all looked really cute. In past years Carson has been a little weary about going trick or treating, but this year he wanted to give it a try. We started off slow and unsure, but then when he realized it was not scary and he was getting candy he got really into it. We had to call it a night though when Landon and Lilli fell asleep. I was surprised that Carson did so well! He's even been really good about only having a few pieces of Candy at a time. And he's also starting to tell us what he wants to dress up as for next year. He's not sure what but he says he wants to be something scary. It was nice too because my sister in law had a Halloween party for the neighborhood kids, the week before and so we took Carson, Lilli, and Landon there and it was nice to get them in their costumes and get them excited for Halloween.

Tag for Carson from Kenzie

Ok so Kenzie tagged Carson so here goes.

5 Things you may not know about Carson Asay Burt

1. Carson was named after Carson Palmer, the quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, and for his Grandpa Gaylen Asay.

2. Carson in his short three years has flown 23,512 miles (there is a chance I missed a few) and has been out of the country, and his first flight was when he was two months old and he slept the entire way...never cried.

3. Carson can count in both english and spanish and is working on expanding his spanish vocabulary.

4. Carson has been to an NBA, NHL, and MLB game, he's only missing NFL to complete his pro sports watching career. Took Chris 28 years to get to that.

5. Carson loves to eat tortillas, corn or flour but he wont let you warm them up he loves to eat them cold, plain and he'd eat them all day if you let him.

Carson's slippers...Tuo Xie's.

So the other day we were at Target buying Landon some new shoes now that he's walking and it's getting a bit chillier, and Carson came across some Lightning Mc Queen slippers and just had to have them. He finally broke Chris down and he bought them for him. He's never worn slippers before so I figured he'd wear them a few times and then get over it, but he's been all about these slippers since. He wants to wear them everywhere we go, he wears them all day, to bed and when I go to get him up in the morning he's already got them on. The other day Chris wanted to give him a haircut and he wouldn't do it unless he could wear his slippers...yes they also give him courage. It's the cutest thing! The first night he wanted to wear them to bed and he said to me as I was putting him t bed that he liked his Tuo Xie's, I didn't know what he was talking about at first and then I rememberd that it was the Mandarin Chinese word for slippers that he learned from an episode of Ni Hoa Ki Lan.

A New Look For Landon

The before...and after.

So I finally broke down and gave Landon his first haircut. It's weird because with Carson and Lilli that didn't matter to me I cut their hair like all the time and as soon as I could, but they were both born with weird hair styles. Maybe it's because he's my baby, maybe it's because he was born with the cutest hair that could never be messed up who knows but he was getting super shaggy, and a haircut was way overdue! I thought there was no possible way that he could be cuter than he was, but man with his new look he's a super stud! He'll be a lady's man for sure! I also figured that his Grandpa Gary would dig his buzz, as well as his camo wear!