Ultraman and other stories

Carter is a great boy. We have had two meltdown moments which both of them involved being woke up from a nap while out. Today we were able to calm him down quicker since we were in a store near the toy section.



Yesterday Carter put Todd's sunglasses on and looked in the mirror. He laughed then said "Ultraman". Then on our way to dinner he saw some toy robots in a store window and again "Ultraman". We have since learned about Ultraman and Carter is now a very proud owner of Ultraman toys. In fact he is currently napping with Ultraman. Yes, we were able to get a real nap in this afternoon, yay!



Carter is a typically active boy and knows how to keep himself busy so as to not fall asleep. He seems to be very talented at this. Maybe more talented than Hunter when it comes to avoiding sleep. We have to turn everything off, make the room dark and lay down ourselves to get Carter to settle down. Todd is now napping too and I probably shouldn't mention anything about snoring. Carter also is very slow to wake up.



Carter is proud of the clothes we brought him and is especially found of green. Yesterday the first shirt he picked out to wear was a green monkey shirt. This morning he wasn't fully awake so I put a yellow shirt on him for breakfast. After breakfast we came back to our room and he put the monkey shirt back on until he found another green shirt. He changed more times than me today.



He seems just as comfortable with Todd as he is with me. He loves to be carried and has found that we are here to spoil him by doing so. Today we bought a stroller so that may give our arms a break. Carter gets to be pretty heavy after carrying him for several minutes. He eats well, but may prove to be a little pickier of an eater than reports first suggested. Vegetables are not really his thing, hmmm good thing I've learned to be sneaky with Todd and Hunter. He will do as he is told and try things though. Our guide asked him to try the broccoli and he did until he spit it back out after a couple of chews. Watermelon is his favorite thing and he eats chicken well.



Speaking of food we tried a corn cake yesterday. This was corn lightly fried in a batter that covered a plate in a single layer. Then powdered sugar and sprinkles were on top. This may not sound good, but it tasted very close to a funnel cake. It was good. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture or time to enjoy because about the time we tried the corn cake is when Carter woke up screaming. If we didn't have a lot of stares before the screaming started all eyes were on us when it did. We survived and there will still be more of that in our future until he finishes grieving his foster parents.