This is a puss caterpillar.

And I’m Carson. I’m four years old. We found a puss caterpillar at the park. Mom said to get away from it, and then when Mom was still back there where the puss caterpillar was, I said, “Get away from there, Mom!” And then Mom said, “Hold on, I’m putting Annelise’s shoe on!” And then I got kind of sad. So then we ate lunch, and then left the park. I was drinking my water bottle on the way home, and we listened to Scripture Scouts. And then we finally got home. I took a great nap, though.

I want that to be the end of my blog post.

Note from Mom: This is a word-for-word transcription from Carson. He wanted to write his own blog post about a puss caterpillar after seeing the one I just wrote. :)

Hi, I’m in pre-K. And I’m in room 16. So, I’m having really fun there. My pumpkin is named Cutie, and he’s a blower fish. We did a lot of work by making him. I made him for school. I won a prize. It was a paper that said “the cutest” award. We made it out of a pumpkin and a white foam board on the bottom to write my name and room 16. Goodbye!

Carson’s four-year birthday interview:

1. What is your favorite color? Red.
2. What is your favorite toy? Caterpillar toys
3. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas
4. What is your favorite TV show? Puffin Rock
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Cheetos
6. What is your favorite outfit? This one [the one he’s wearing right now: a shirt and underwear]
7. What is your favorite game? Sonic the Hedgehog
8. What is your favorite snack? Cereal
9. What is your favorite animal? Lizards
10. What is your favorite song? Rain, Rain, Go Away
11. What is your favorite book? Curious George 
12. Who is your best friend? Annelise
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with sand and let it drizzle
15. What is your favorite drink? Lemonade
16. What is your favorite holiday? Breakfast in bed for Daddy
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Lizzy [stuffed lizard]
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Cereal
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Pizza 
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Daddy 

Note from mom:

In my closet I keep this big bucket of recyclables: paper towel tubes, jars and tubs and lids, cardboard, all sorts of random stuff. I add to it occasionally, and it’s made for some great craft supplies (or even a great activity: the kids love to just pull things out and play with them). One morning Carson was going through the box while I was getting ready and he found all of these cardboard tubes inside. When I suggested maybe we could do something with them, he said “We could have a telescope store!” So we went into our playroom and set it all up under the fort. Carson came up with all the prices, and I wrote them down for him. All that morning we played “telescope store,” taking turns pretending to be the store owner and the shopper. I love that he came up with this idea all on his own. He’s such a creative boy!