July fun

Yesterday we took Charlie through ToysR'Us for some necessities. We ended up buying Charlie a new toy and he has been enjoying playing with his new Little People Farm. Some examples are below:

The boys posing for mommy on a rare hot summer day.
This picture is for our friend Tracy who sent Charlie this shirt. He thinks The Dead are pretty awesome!

Tom's 41st Birthday

OK, I know I titled this Tom's 41st birthday. I had to add these two pictures here as well. I'm rather amazed at this picture as it looks like Jon is missing part of his thumb. Not sure how that happened, but very interesting to me, so I added the picture. For those who do not know Jon, he is the boyfriend of my little sister Kaarin.

This is Charlie really getting into wading. He loved to pick up rocks and throw them. He also kept scooping water and sand all over himself. He did take one complete dunk, which I rescued him from. Although it was freezing, that dunk did not stop him from wanting to keep wading.
Tom enjoyed a lunch out with 16 other family and friends at the Onion on his birthday. At the end, they brought him that huge chocolate brownie dessert and then got him up to sing a coyote version of Happy Birthday. He is in between howls to the moon in this shot.
Kaarin and Jon had fun with Charlie at lunch!

July 4th Trip to Newman Lake

For the Fourth of July weekend, we headed to Newman Lake with our friends the Yodelings. Although we wish the weekend would have been filled with clear skies like the picture below, the weather didn't turn to this until the last morning we were there. By then, it was just our small family of three who enjoyed this morning view of the lake from the Butterfly cabin.

Charlie has turned a corner and now really only likes eating finger food. Here he is posing for me. We took several pictures. When I took the shot, he wanted to see the camera and then let out a laugh. It was really cute and I got a few pictures of him smiling and showing off his teeth.

Here is Nonnie and Boppa posing with their three grandchildren. Everyone sure loves each other and enjoyed playing together. Charlie had a great time sharing his friends Rose and Auggie with Madeline and Ella. Those four played and played. Hotel and princess seemed to be a favorite. Charlie joined in on the big kids play whenever he could.

Here is a shot of a lake tradition. This is Charlie's first year of being measured at the Butterfly. He took it very seriously as you can see below.

One morning the sun attempted to peak through for a while, so the kids all got their suits on and jumped in the water. Rose seems to be missing from this picture.