Maggie’s so excited for Halloween!

I got to see her do a parade at her school!!

First Day For Real

These are the pictures from the first FOR REAL day of full kindergarten.  Charlie is doing GREAT, just FYI.

First day of Kindergarten

This was a long time ago now, but Charlie's first day of Kindergarten went like...

Special play date with mommy




Then, meet the teachers and get some cool toys and a snack!



You know what?  This is going to be a BREEZE

Maggie to the Rescue!

Maggie loves LOVES to play dress up.  And her favorite thing to be for a little while was definitely a FIREFIGHTER!

Live from the fair!

MOSH PARTY!

Charlie got obsessed with IRON MAN recently, so, of course we "mosh", by which I mean "the kids to cartwheels!"

Sometimes Maggie wants to MOSH!   But she needs help!

Dress up on the floor with Aunt Kristen!

Who is the most fun for dress up on the kitchen floor!?  Aunt Kristen!

Maggie Sports Class

Ever since Charlie was little he did "sports class".... and Now MAGGIE gets to join!  She did so good!

Goofs in Glasses!

A Day at the Aquarium

Whats the best birthday Part for Maggie!?

A play date at Marbles with her best friends - Charlie and Avery!

Did I mention a baby bath!?

Which she has wanted forever:





And a Magical Princess Throne!

Maggie's Birthday

She got so much cool stuff!  Like this doctor kit!

And a firefighter outfit!

Two Goofs in a Pool!

They are the goofiest when they get together in our little pool!

Two Happy Kids

Chillin at the bar.

Maggie is doing crafts!


Charlie?

Playing games!

First time on a Ferry Boat Ride!

This land is your land!

I know it's October, but Charlie really gets into the patriotic Spirit in July!

A blast from the past!

It looks like posting from my phone works!  Let’s test it out from LAX with a blast from the past!!

School Pics

Are coming your way!  Maybe!  If you ask for one!

Test

Swim Team Awards

Charlie did so well at swim team this year!  He won the most points of all the under-6 boys!  And he won Best Diver!!

Here are he is with his whole team:

With a few friends and Maggie (that big kid is his best friend!)

And his awards: 

Maggie and Adelaide... JUMP!

These are two best-friend super-heroes, who leap tall... dustbunnies in a single bound!

Bemused Jeff

I have no idea what is going on here, but I love the look on Jeff's face, like he's seen it all a million times before.

Fireworks

There's one thing Charlie and his Momma have very much in common - a love for fireworks on the fourth of July :)

Games with Broken Nana

Here's what Nana Banana and Charlie do when Nana is incapacitated... It's

CHESS!

And this is, literally, 40-card-open-hand UNO.    It is Charlie's own invented game!

Princess Maggie

This is just how she lives her life!

Daddy & Maggie at the Museum

I remember when I used to get a full day with Charlie at the museum when he was Maggie's age.  And now Maggie loves to go to the museum with me!  She's getting so adventurous!