This morning Charlotte and I played Memory for the first time. She was so cute matching things – even if they didn’t match. Charlotte was surprisingly good about the rules and even showed her funny side when she would match pictures really fast and then put them in her pile saying “Mommy turn”. When I would ask her to show me her matches she would give me a sly smile and start laughing – invariably she would have matched a dog and an ice cream cone…. Silly girl!
Tonight when I got home from work I found Wayne making dinner and Charlotte walking laps around the kitchen bar/island. She had gotten a pair of my heals and was actually walking around in them like an old pro – we were quite surprised how easy she made it look.
Especially since, as far as we know, this is the first time she has ever tried to wear a pair of my high heals. Wayne said she had been walking around in them for a half hour. I took a quick video but she was on to me and just wanted to hide with Daddy! It’s still cute.
Tonight Justin & Holly came over for dinner. They brought yummy chicken and wild rice soup and bread and WINE! They are my favorite people! :)
We had a very fun and diverse night. We started out in the kitchen, the moved to the back yard {Charlotte HAD to swing!}, the dinner table, Charlotte’s room, the couch/floor, Charlotte’s room {for bedtime stories} then finally back to the couch! That was a lot of “running around” most of which we did to try and keep up with Charlotte. She has not gotten to see Justin or Holly for about two months and was a little shy at first but quickly got into the groove once Justin was willing to push her in the swing – mega pints on Charlotte’s scale! I have to note here for posterity’s sake that Charlotte asked Wayne to hold her purse – and he did! She recently started INSISTING that she NEEDS her purse when she goes out in the back yard but quickly tires of carrying it around. Needless to say Holly, Justin and I were all laughing SO HARD at this turn of events – Wayne, not so much.
Anyway, it was so nice to catch up with them and hear about their Vegas trip. They were sporting a fancy new camera – you know I grilled them about it, right? – so the pictures are ala Justin and Holly. Thanks guys, they turned out great! I think we are back on track with our dinners so we’ll get to see them again in the next few weeks if not before – yippee!
{Wayne: don’t you think I need a fancy camera, seriously these are great photos}
This morning Charlotte and I headed over to Maite & Cristiana’s house for the M&M Easter Party! Kristin & Maite very kindly hosted this party for the kids and what a great time we had!
Charlotte fell in LOVE with Cha-Cha’s (Christiana’s) play house. Maite is so creative the house even had flowers planted outside with a kid sized rake, table, chairs, etc. – but you know it was the phone Charlotte was most enthralled with! At one point I asked her who she was calling and she replied “Monkey Joe’s”….oh my! Charlotte spent a good bit of time playing with Daisy and they even jumped on the trampoline after a little coaxing on my part. I was surprised to find that she was scared of the trampoline but she was fine once she tried it.
Charlotte was not really interested in the crafts – to my disappointment – and only wanted to sticker her hands into the egg dye. Ack! Of course she reached right over the light pink and yellow cups to put her hand into the DARK blue. :{ Kristin & Maite planned an adorable egg hunt for the kids but just like at her school egg hunt she was mostly interested in taking advantage of the other kids distraction. I was encouraging her to look for eggs and she was interested getting a turn on the swing (or play house phone or slide), now that it was empty. When she did finally get into the egg hunt she was such a little brat. She would shake each egg, then open them – if they held stickers she just threw it to the ground and moved on to the next egg. I of course was scrambling to pick up after her… If the eggs had candy, well that went straight into her mouth. I can’t tell you how many time I JUST caught her before she put a foil covered chocolate egg in her mouth!!!!
Thanks again to Maite & Kristin – we had a wonderful time and it was so kind of you to have us!
This morning we started our Easter celebration with Charlotte opening her basket from the Easter Bunny. The first thing she took out was a pair of bunny ears – she insisted Wayne wear them. He tried to turn the tables and get her to wear them but she resisted. It was a really funny power struggle with a lot of laughing.
Being the great dad he is, he promptly put them on, Charlotte was satisfied and went back to exploring her goodies. It so neat (and often frustrating) how determined she is sometimes.
In addition to play dough and candy filled eggs she also received two books and two DVDs (The Princess & The Frog and Up). Wayne and I are really looking forward to some new reading options at nap and bedtime. Even with her extensive book collection reading at least six books a day leads to a lot of overlap. Charlotte is not much into watching TV (unless it’s Yo Gabba Gabba, Jack’s Music Show or Olivia) so we think the DVD’s will be something for her to grow into. However, Wayne and I can’t wait to catch up on these movies as we missed them in the theater. ;) She loved the bubbles and play-dough tools and surprise, surprise; she can’t wait to go outside to play with them. We promised her we’d go outside when we go to Uncle Erik & Aunt Sancha’s house….later!
