SamTalk

Sam (at 4:00 am): "Mommy. I had a bad dream about a talking balloon."
Peter: "What did the balloon say?"
Sam: "It said, no you can't have any movies, you just had a Diego!"

At dinner one night, Sam said: "Ow. Part of my head hurts. Maybe a crab is trying to pinch it."

At breakfast one morning, while eating strawberries:
Sam: "Mom, I'm going to pretend these strawberries are people. Hi, do you want to go in my stomach? Yes, yes I do." Sam eats the strawberry. "Mommy, I really wish that strawberry would come back up."
Me: "Why?"
Sam:"So then I can eat it again."

Sam has become a little more challenging in the area of listening to mom and dad lately. When I asked him why this was, he choked up and said through his tears, "I don't know what is happening with me. My heart is telling me to be naughty." My heart broke...

On any cloudy Sunday, Sam announces: "I can't go to Sunday school today. It's not sunny."

Early Literacy Skills!

Sam is doing great with learning his letters and sounds. He can even write a few very special words!

Sam

Mom

Dad

Happy First Birthday, Charlie!

The Hungry Little Caterpilllar's Birthday Party

Since Charlie seems to be a bottom-less pit when it comes to eating, it was very fitting to have a Hungry Little Caterpillar themed birthday. Though I cannot take credit for the idea (I found it online), I had SO much fun making his cake (and Sam helped by eating LOTS of green frosting). At age one, Charlie didn't really know what was going on, but I think he still had a great day. He got lots of cuddle time with both grandmas and both grandpas, he got to play with the bows on his presents (and got a whole new wardrobe!), and thoroughly enjoyed his first taste of sugar...and he doesn't actually turn one for two more days! I LOVE how sweet he looks in this picture. It was an hour past nap time at this point, and he was SO tired but also happily content with his cupcake.

If Charlie could talk...

...he would say...

"Black beans are my new favorite thing to eat!"

"Mommy, do you know where my last yogurt melt went?"

Forward-Facing

We now have TWO forward-facing backseat passengers. Charlie is much more comfortable in his bigger carseat, and Sam LOVES his new booster carseat. In his words, "This is so cool!"

Walking Practice