Faye's Big #1

Faye's birthday was April 1st. We have a birthday tradition that when our kids turn 1, I make a teddy bear cake and they also get a snuggly teddy bear for a present. So here is Faye's cake.

Charlie saw me putting Faye's teddy bear into a gift bag and so he insisted on putting his teddy bear in a gift bag and wrapping it as well!
Mabel drew a picture of Rapunzel for Faye.

Randy and Faye enjoying playful birthday banter.

Sisters

Mmmmmmmmmm...that's good mom!

There's that snuggly teddy bear just in time for bed!

Zoo Pass

Woo hoo!!! We are ready for the year. Come rain or come shine there is an inside wee zoo play area created just for the kids. Mabel was brave enough to pet the camels, which is saying something because she used to be afraid of ladybugs.

Mabel started laughing at Charlie for being scared of the lion statue. The IRONY, oh Mabel how soon you forget how scared you used to be. Tutt tutt. He didn't want to sit on it but I thought it was so funny that he was scared of it I couldn't resist!

On our way out of the zoo I was teasing Mabel about riding the camel because I thought she would be too scared. $5 later I regretted it! What a brave little girl though. I'm soooo proud!

Not that interesting

Mabel requested a kitty nightgown several months ago, because she had one when she was smaller that she grew out of. I thought, yeah right kid like we'll find another one. But I just happened to look at the same store we got the previous one, and there was a two pack of kitty nightgowns! Charlie did not want to miss out on the action, so he demanded to wear one too.

Oh brother, she started posing.

This guy can pull of anything, even a fancy kitty nightgown. Stud alert!

We do fun things...sometimes

This is our FREE trip to the children's museum. It was maybe a month ago but I just haven't posted it yet. Fun stuff. Thus my title we do do fun things. It was free day so we took advantage, as did around 5,000 other people. But we went darn it and had fun!

Rocket ship
Water Room

Train Display

Do you do fun things?

Here's Faye

With looks like these must I even narrate? Nay.

Charlie's Birthday

Here is the amazing cake I made. (It's a race track in case you can't tell!)

Charlie turned 2 last Monday. Someone must have told him he was turning 2 or something, because let me tell you, on the day of his birthday he turned into a two-year-old, attitude and ALL!!!

Playing with birthday balloon.

He actually threw that football in the picture below. What an allstar!

I love this smile. The little stinker.

Great job blowing out the candle.

Here is his super fun racetrack that we got him. They play with it every day. It's still a hit. I can't believe my baby is 2!!! Of course, I have another baby, but she is almost 1. Time is FLYING!

Gok

The many definitions of gok. If you are reading this, prepare to be schooled. What is a gok, you ask? Gok has many meanings if you are a two-year-old named Charlie Teed. It is definately an important word to add to your vocab. So let us begin. Context is key for the listener.

1. Goks and shoes.

2. The door is gokked.

3. Let's go on a gok.

4. Don't throw goks.

The other day I wanted to see what Charlie would think of first if I just said gok to him but Randy reminded me that Charlie doesn't hear gok, that's just what he says. Charlie hears:

1. Socks and shoes

2. The door is locked

3. Let's go on a walk

4. Don't throw rocks

He's a smart kid I tell you. He has figured out a shortcut to learning new words by just using one and making us figure out what he wants. My boy is a genius! Now I'm going to gok.