We were so excited that Easter turned out to have such beautiful weather. We decided not to go all out with Easter candy - much to my chagrin - and instead bought some BIG easter eggs that had little trucks in them. Turns out those were perfect for my little guy. The Easter bunny also brought Charlie a fun swing.
But he still loves to go in the big boy swing a few times with some help from Daddy.
Even though Charlie can't get up the steps yet, he loves for us to lift him up so he can slide down. Safety first - he always turns around to go on his belly!
The Easter bunny also brought some sidewalk chalk and Charlie likes to make dots on the patio.
We strategically "hid" his eggs by just laying them on the ground. He was so excited when he would "find" them.
His new swing and his awesome hair!
All dressed up at Granny Frannie's! The bunny ears fit better than last year. So does the sweater vest :)
We had a playdate with our friends Eloise and Gwen. Charlie really liked the pink bike!
How cute are they? (although Gwen is kind of covered up in the background!)
We also went on a playdate with our buddy Drew and Heather to Edinborough Park which is a huge indoor play area. The space wasn't the best for our little ones but they had a ton of fun anyway!
You can see Drew on the inside of the tunnel.
Climbing up the stairs so he could go down the slide on the other side.
I wish I had a good picture of it but at one point, Drew was pushing Charlie around in this little chair. It was hilarious.
I think Charlie has sucked all the funny out of me lately so I thought I would do an addition from Brian. Brian stayed home with Charlie one day last week when he had strep. I told Brian to make sure to write everything down so I can see what he did (read: criticize their every move together.) This is what Brian sent around 2 o'clock. The funny part is that this all probably did happen. Charlie is BUSY and the days of "working from home" with Charlie are pretty much over!
Breakfast – 745am
· Blueberries (6) – ate all of them
· Rasp (2) - did not eat
· Mini Pancakes (3) – only ate 1
· Gatorade – took a couple of sips
· Milk – took a couple of sips
Playtime: 8am
· Threw metal coasters onto the floor
· Played with plastic hammer – hit random things that needed it
· Laid on Sasha
· Played with X-box controllers
· Played hide-and-seek with Dad….. didn’t tell dad
· Dad found me in the tub
· Played hide-and-seek with dad again…. Didn’t tell him again
· Dad found me hiding behind the fan in the spare bedroom
· Played hide-and-seek with dad again…. Didn’t tell him again
· Dad found me hiding behind the toilet in the bathroom – this Dad guy is pretty good
· Stacked Tupperware
· Found glass bowls next to Tupperware, stacked those
· Dad gave me metal and plastic bowls to play with instead – those aren’t as much fun
· Sat in the front window with Sasha looking at people – 9am
· Tried to be very quiet and get down a bottle of wine for dad, he found me again
· Found Xbox controller – doesn’t seem to work (Brian takes the batteries out now because Charlie is obsessed with them)
· Found dad’s hat – used it as a disguise to get a bottle of wine – didn’t work
· Playing blocks – 910am
· Found Glass dishes next to the wine bottles – score!
· Dad erected a barricade around dishes – nuts
· Tried to climb over barricade
· Back to stacking metal bowls – I like loud noises!
· Nap – 940
· Up and at ‘em – 11am
· Read books with Daddy
· Pretending the remote is a phone, and walking around saying “hew-wo” while holding the phone up to my ear
· Wandering around getting into stuff
· 1200 lunch!
· Mac and Cheese
· 1 whole hot dog
· 4 carrots
· Milk / water / Gatorade
· Playtime
· Snuggling with Dad
· Making Dad read me books
· Nap – 1.30
Charlie has been taking swim lessons on Wednesday nights. He is so tired as we head home and this last week was no different. Charlie was babbling to himself trying to stay awake and then just started to make a monotone sound. I turned around and saw this. He tries so hard to keep himself awake he'll do anything (don't worry - Brian was driving).
· Blueberries (6) – ate all of them
· Rasp (2) - did not eat
· Mini Pancakes (3) – only ate 1
· Gatorade – took a couple of sips
· Milk – took a couple of sips
Playtime: 8am
· Threw metal coasters onto the floor
· Played with plastic hammer – hit random things that needed it
· Laid on Sasha
· Played with X-box controllers
· Played hide-and-seek with Dad….. didn’t tell dad
· Dad found me in the tub
· Played hide-and-seek with dad again…. Didn’t tell him again
· Dad found me hiding behind the fan in the spare bedroom
· Played hide-and-seek with dad again…. Didn’t tell him again
· Dad found me hiding behind the toilet in the bathroom – this Dad guy is pretty good
· Stacked Tupperware
· Found glass bowls next to Tupperware, stacked those
· Dad gave me metal and plastic bowls to play with instead – those aren’t as much fun
· Sat in the front window with Sasha looking at people – 9am
· Tried to be very quiet and get down a bottle of wine for dad, he found me again
· Found Xbox controller – doesn’t seem to work (Brian takes the batteries out now because Charlie is obsessed with them)
· Found dad’s hat – used it as a disguise to get a bottle of wine – didn’t work
· Playing blocks – 910am
· Found Glass dishes next to the wine bottles – score!
· Dad erected a barricade around dishes – nuts
· Tried to climb over barricade
· Back to stacking metal bowls – I like loud noises!
· Nap – 940
· Up and at ‘em – 11am
· Read books with Daddy
· Pretending the remote is a phone, and walking around saying “hew-wo” while holding the phone up to my ear
· Wandering around getting into stuff
· 1200 lunch!
· Mac and Cheese
· 1 whole hot dog
· 4 carrots
· Milk / water / Gatorade
· Playtime
· Snuggling with Dad
· Making Dad read me books
· Nap – 1.30
Charlie has been taking swim lessons on Wednesday nights. He is so tired as we head home and this last week was no different. Charlie was babbling to himself trying to stay awake and then just started to make a monotone sound. I turned around and saw this. He tries so hard to keep himself awake he'll do anything (don't worry - Brian was driving).
