What we've been promising her...

Finally, Marley has a buddy.  It took awhile but he finally learned the way to her heart.

Second Haircut

Same place, same good boy, far fewer pictures taken.  Next time there will probably be none :)

After

Earning His Keep

Charlie had a productive little weekend.  After unloading a trunkload of groceries...

...in the fridge whether they belong there or not.

He also tried his hand at some yardwork!  Clipping bushes...

...picking up James' clippings and putting them into a diaper box...

...and in a dumptruck.

And then feel asleep eating lunch...

...yet still drank milk when I told him to.

Here is a close-up of his new shirt for GiGi to see:

Another Haircut

It was looking like this...

Such that I had to start combing it like this...

So we went and did this...

Much better!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a nice little Father's Day weekend.  After a gig on Saturday night, we gave Dad a nice present of sleeping in until noon :)  After a nice lunch and relaxing afternoon, we spent the evening with a picnic dinner at Dogwood Dell, yogurt at Sweet Frogs and presents at home.

Charlie is lucky to have the most fun and loving daddy.  We love him so much (as his shirt implies)!

Mmm, pita chips!

Drumming with the band

And using carrot sticks as drum sticks

With Dad

Who is opening presents?

They seem pleased with the frame I made of James' running stuff

Charlie loves, loves, loves the Napoleon Dynamite card he picked out at the grocery store for James (it plays sound).  We won't mention how his hair looks a lot like Napoleon too.

Sweet boys

Special shirt and his new posed smile

Sometimes his new posed smile looks like this... oh boy, I hope this isn't the first of many pictures that look this way!

New Paper and Crayons

We have finally made it through our first pad of paper that Grandpa bought for Charlie months ago.  The crayons are all broken and are taped back together and there are certainly no more tips on them.

They were good friends but it is time for a new set!  Woo hoo!

Two Pretty Blondes

Mitch, Rebekah and Leo came for a visit this weekend!  Last time they were here, Charlie and Leo weren't quite ready to be buddies yet (Charlie was walking and Leo wasn't) but this time they had a lot of fun.  Below are some cute pictures I took.  We were all sad to say good-bye.

Running back and forth in the bedroom

Marley got some extra pets too.

Charlie getting ready to drive to the hole.

Jamming.

Charlie clapping for himself.

Cooking/playing drums.

Tasting their concoction.

And wearing bowl hats.

Summer Fun

Some things we've been up to...

Watering tomatoes and green peppers!

Trains!

Truck in the bath!

Cups!

Sidewalk drawing!

Smelling flowers!

Bubbles!

Swimming!

Forgetting dry pants at the pool!

Kissing!

Just looking sweet!

Yet Another Trip to Maymont

It was a nice day today so we headed over to Maymont again to check out the farm animals.  I didn't take any pictures of those (because I have some many... see multiple prior posts) but Charlie touched a goat this time!  Because we were having so much fun and the weather was pretty cool, we decided to take the hike (no stroller) all the way through the animal exhibits to the bears.  It is really hilly and zig-zaggy but Charlie walked himself the whole way, stopping a lot along the way to see each animal and grass, streams, bridges, etc... it was a fun to watch him explore it all by foot vs. in the stroller.  I did take a few pictures along the way:

"Mom, look at this stream"

Bear in the water

"Did you see that bear?"

Bear on a rock

Running to the next stop... cutest little run with fists clinched and elbows swinging :)

Fun is serious business

Apparently we tuckered him out.  We live 3 minutes from Maymont.  This was minute 2.