Little Tan Man

I'm seriously jealous of Charley's tan skin! It looks like he took after his dad on that one. Sorry Miles, so far it looks like you got my fair complexion :)

brotherly love: Charley giving Miles a big smooch

Green Thumb

Great-Grandpa John was nice enough to plant tomato plants and gave us a strawberry plant for Charley's watering and picking pleasure. It's been a little tough for Charley to wait until the tomatoes and strawberries are red to pick them, but now they are finally turning red and we love to check for new berries and tomatoes every morning.

The first Tomato!

Mmmm! If Char could, he would only eat berries for every meal.

And Charley also adores helping Grammie water her garden. One of the only veggies Charley will eat willingly are the snap peas Grammie grows, because he thinks the peas are candy :)

It's My Party! (and I'll cry if I want to)

For Charley's birthday we walked over to Ruby's at the end of the pier for dinner. We all had a great time, except for the part where Charley decided he hated his birthday hat.

Ice cream sundae!! sweet!!

Jonathan giving us his best Blue Steel look while Miles is trying to eat his party hat in the background. Jonathan spent a good part of dinner trying to stop Miles from eating the table.

Charley liked his Ruby's hat much better than his party hat. He wanted to keep looking at it even while it was on his head.

Happy Birthday Charley!!

It's hard to believe that Charley has been charming us, cracking us up, melting our hearts, and always keeping things exciting for two whole years now. It's crazy! It wasn't that long ago that we brought a tiny little tan baby Charley home from the hospital was it? Now he's basically a little boy! Things Charley is into these days: his brother who he refers to as "My-My", doing anything dangerous, eating berries, yelling, saying "Mommeeeee" over and over and then resorting to "Kisten!" if he really needs my attention, sidewalk chalk, going on walks, playing with every dog and cat we see, going over to "Nennie's house", wind chimes and pinwheels, watching "The Fresh Beat Band" and Sesame Street on TV, wrestling with his dad, putting sprinkles on all food, playing with basketballs,footballs, baseballs, etc., playing with water, and using his big boy potty so he can get treats. I'm excited to see all the new adventures Charley will have as a two-year-old, and I hope he doesn't get a very bad case of the Terrible Two's. He already loves saying "No!" and more recently, "No! Stop it Mommy!", so I might be in trouble... :)

Charley and I made a pretty awesome birthday cake today. He was really good at pouring in ingredients, and he even helped me wash the dishes afterwards!

Time to use "the mixers" as Charley would say.

The best part!!

and here's the finished product! Of course we added almost a whole container of sprinkles as a finishing touch.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLEY! WE LOVE YOU TONS!

Playing Catch Up

Here's a little recap of Easter 2010:
We spent Easter up at Grammie and Pops house and had a blast as usual. Some highlights were getting to visit with Betsy and Auntie Robyn who came down from San Fran, Char and Miles handsome matching Easter outfits from Grammie, us getting to the totally packed church late and sneaking up to the balcony and having the whole place to ourselves, and having John and G.G. treat us to a delish Easter dinner at the Oakmont.

Savant Family pic

Three generations

Easter Cutie

Nelson Family pic