It's only been 23 days since my last post! I'm going to say that's pretty good (but really, I'm just trying to make myself feel better about being so slack...) So it's fall here in Australia! I think the first week it hit 40 twice.... but this week is looking pretty good! Highs of 27-29ish and lows of 17-19ish. We just went for a walk today after church (our ward ends at 5pm...) and it was quite delightful!! It's funny to me that I used to like the heat so much, but when you're chasing after a toddler, aren't near water and pregnant, it's not so fun. I've actually been missing Canada's weather quite a bit! It must be nice to go inside and have it be comfortable... and snuggle up under a blanket... Soon enough, winter will be here for a few weeks and I'll enjoy it before it gets hot again! But on to the good stuff a.k.a - Charlie!
He hit 18 months on the 25th of this month, and he's getting so old and smart! He says "eat" and does the sign language at the same time, which is really funny, he learned them at the same time, when really he could have just learned one! But when he does the sign he kind of bends at the waist and sticks his bum out too! It's really funny. He has also started walking around on him tip toes sometimes, and he has a really funny little prancing run that he does... I've tried so hard to get it on video, but of course the timing never works out. He also does this really cute surprised face, sometimes with his hands out to the sides if he can't find something. He'll put things under couches, cars etc and then try and fish them out with his hockey stick or any stick really, because he's seen us do it. He folds his arms and bows his head for prayer (although only for a minute, and then he usually starts to eat in the middle of it!)
One of his favourite pastimes is playing with pom poms and transferring them from one container to another, he also loves having a bunch dumped on his head! When we go to the pool he loves to go down the slide, and can climb up and everything by himself - there are often kids and parents who are surprised at it, and one man even got his little girl who was like 3 or 4 to come and watch Charlie do it (because she was scared) and eventually she could do the slide too! He's such an awesome little guy, and it's amazing to me how fast he learns and how smart he is! Now I know why parents are so obsessed with how awesome their kids are! Because it's true! We got Charlie a little trike too, and he loves going for rides on that, I feel bad for our stroller - it's been neglected for a long time! But now for the good stuff - pictures!
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| We went to the drive-in movies! We saw Annie, but left before the second movie- it's so hard with Charlie! |
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| Charlie playing around the giant screen |
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| This kid loves his pasta! |
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| He's saving some down there for later... |
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| New trike! Well, new to us, we got it at a baby bazaar |
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| First trike ride? He falls asleep! It was funny to watch him bobbing around! |
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| Walk down by the river |
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| We took Charlie to Southbank a few Saturdays ago and he LOVED it! He was quite upset to leave, and loved especially running through the fountains! |
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| So brave |
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| And of course while he was triking back to the car he fell asleep again! |
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| We're prego! We took a bunch of pictures after church 2 Sundays ago, and these are the ones Charlie was co-opertive for: |
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| I love his face progression in those last 3! Funny guy! |
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| PomPom explosion! |
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| I got Charlie 2 little soccer balls and he rarely lets them out of his sight! |
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| Sometimes Charlie likes to stick stickers on his face! And hair. |
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| This kid loves pushing around the broom! Too bad he's not useful with it (yet!) |
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| We have a little friend that lives in our kitchen. We used to have a baby one too, but it got squished in the window, and it's dried shrivelled little body is still there... |
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| Got something heavy to carry? This guy will take care of it for you! |
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| So we were getting all ready to go to playgroup, and I put Charlie's sandals on him. He proceeds to take one sandal off, and brings me his little croc, so I put it on him and away we went! He was quite the topic of conversation with all the moms at playgroup! They thought he was quite a character |
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| Easter egg hunt at Friday playgroup |
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| Charlie was quite stylish with his homemade bunny ears and Easter basket. Too bad he was the littlest and too slow, and that the other moms didn't listen and let their kids take more eggs then they were supposed to! There were none left by the time we made it all the way out! Luckily, there were a few spares that one of the leaders went and got after all the kids had gone back inside, so Charlie got to find a couple of eggs after all! |
One thing I don't have a picture of, but is a tradition we have going, is Saturday night barbecues! Every Saturday with our upstairs housemates we have a BBQ in the backyard. It's really fun and we all really enjoy it. Last night we had chicken hearts (ok EVERYONE else had chicken hearts, and I had some chicken skewers - they're just so creepy with all of their ventricles and what-have-you jiggling around!) But Charlie loved them! He was popping them like candy. Like father like son...
