Sunday, December 30, 2018

Do you want to build a SNOWMAN

So Maggie & Charlie just found out about "Frozen" (It's 5 years late, but they like it.  And Charlie was 0 when it came out).

Maggie in particular likes to sing "Do you want to build a snowman?"  which is a very sweet tune, except Maggie has a different take on it -


Monday, December 24, 2018

Feeling their age...


Charlie and Avery thought it was hilarious to act "old" (you know, older than 7) by hunching over and using these sticks as canes.  Charlie had a particularly convincing hunch!

Friday, December 21, 2018

CLOSED!?

We brought Charlie & Avery to the museum to go on the tree houses... but they were closed!

The kids took it all in stride, but I asked them to take a GRUMPY pic!


Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Guess who is 5!

It's hard to believe, but this little kid is already 5!

What can we say about Charlie?  He's an absolute wonder.  He loves his sister, and Legos.  He's athletic and thoughtful and considerate.  Emotional and empathetic.  His teachers once called his emotional intelligence "off-the-charts".  He's a kind, sweet and loving soul, with a very goofy sense of humor.  He can count to 700!  He can add and subtract.  He loves rainbows and space.  He can do more pull ups than his daddy.  But most importantly, he loves everyone he meets and makes everyone smile.

Here he is, 5 years ago -



And here he is now!  I can't believe he's already 5!  Here's to you, little buddy.


Monday, December 17, 2018

Up High

Charlie chose to bring Avery to his Ninja Class for his birthday. 

They had so much fun!



Here's Charlie up SUPER HIGH!



Monday, December 10, 2018

Charlie Won a Toy

He popped three balloons!

Here he is with WAVES the dolphin (Charlie later told me that we had to go BACK and win ANOTHER toy... for Maggie!)

Friday, December 7, 2018

Maggie Meets Wildstyle

Her.. Hero?  I guess?  I don't know, but Maggie was pretty psyched!



Wednesday, December 5, 2018

More Lego Land!

Charlie loves spiders!


But Daddy is scared!


The New York Skyline!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Hangin @ Poppy & Cookie's!

Poppy has a BIG tv - the kids get to sit in his chair to watch it!



Before Poppy's Poker Party, everyone hangs out on the couch!



Sunday, December 2, 2018

Roller Coasters at LegoLand

Daddy is a sucker and bought a digital picture pass.  We had some fun with it!

Making Grumpy Faces!




Grumpy Faces take 2




And Laughing Faces!


Thursday, November 29, 2018

Ninjago

Charlie and Maggie love to ride the Ninjago rides!  We try to get the high score every time!

The whole family!


Sometimes Maggie sits one out

Monday, November 26, 2018

Some School Pics

Avery's mom is the school photographer - she takes particularly nice pics of our cuties!



Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Monday, November 19, 2018

Poppy's Poker Party

Nothing gets Bre's whole extended family together like a poker party!

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Charlie at the Fair (Part 1)

Charlie and Mama LOVE the fair!

Charlie gets to ride the rides!





And eat the Pizza!




He and Mama have SO MUCH FUN

Friday, November 9, 2018

Monday, November 5, 2018

A Day At Marbles

Charlie and Maggie and Daddy went to Marbles one day!

First, we have to get bagels



Then, it's off to the green ball room!

Charlie collects the balls


Maggie sells Lemonade



Next its time for Maggie to take a nap...  this fails



But!  Charlie wants a turn!?

Notasium

Sometimes on rainy days we go to a place down the street that has kids music lessons, but, more importantly, it also has a huge play area.  Charlie and Maggie love it.

Here's Charlie showing Maggie how to use the slide



And Maggie banging on some drums!



Lookin cool


Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Charlie is a NINJA

Ninja school has temporarily replaced swim team in the cold weather.  It's... pretty cool!


Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Charlie & Daddy's Big Day

Maggie wanted to go to the state fair, too, so now Charlie & Daddy got a special day together!

After doing some NINJA class (videos to come), Charlie and Daddy wanted to go to the comic book store. But we had to waste 15 minutes to wait for it to open... so... we... saw... Fish?



But then we got to go to the comic book store.  Charlie wanted this Cthulhu, but I said no.




Charlie could not get the Cthulhu doll.... but we did get an all-ages comic book - what a great day!

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Monday, October 22, 2018

Maggie At the Park

Bre wanted to bring Charlie to the State Fair.  I don't particularly care for the state fair, and Maggie and Charlie like to do different stuff at the fair - so I got to spend a morning with Maggie!

It was splendid!

Peek-a-boo!



We found these glasses on the ground.  But... they're adorable!  Also, we spent 3 hours in this swing.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Charlie Can Surf!

Charlie had so much fun at the beach last week - he learned to boogie board, like... kind of for real!


Monday, October 15, 2018

Maggie is So Tough!

This is Maggie having fun at the park - picking up HUGE LOGS in her cute dress!




Maggie Sleeping on the Swings

We had a little too much fun on the way home from the beach.  So much so that Maggie fell asleep on the swings at the pumpkin patch.  So cute!