Charlie Starts School!!!

Charlie has officially started school. She is going five days a week/half days to a Montessori school. It has been two full weeks now and it is going OK. She goes 5 days a week, so it is a big change for her (and me.) The first week went well...no crying, last week, not so good. I was warned by other friends that this would happen, but it is still hard. I know it is OK, because she is happy when I pick her up and tells me what she did all day. Carson and I have heard many stories about her day and it is fun trying to figure out what she is talking about. She has already made one "new best friend" but she said yesterday that the girl did not love her, so they are not friends anymore. I did not realize these saga's began at three. Fortunately at this age they get over them 5 minutes later because they have no idea what they are talking about. She does not know everybody's names yet, so we hear the girl with spots on her face (freckles) or the mean boy. It is all pretty amusing. Anyway, this picture was from the second day of school and she wanted to fix her own hair!! Surprisingly it stayed that way all day. What a big girl!!!!

Charlie loves the boat!!

This was the first time we took the boat out. We took dinner on the boat and ate out on the water. Somehow Charlie's bathing suit came off (she would have been naked if I'd let her!!) We have been out several times since then, but my little camera was MIA for awhile, so I had to rely on friends for pictures and I have not seen any yet.

Charlie loading the dishwasher...

Charlie is always a BIG help these days. One of the things she likes to do is pour the detergent in the dishwasher. I bought the little packets because I thought they would be easier (and less messy) for her to use. She asked me the other day is she could start the dishwasher and I told her to wait a little while. About ten minutes later Carson called me into the kitchen where I find Charlie and her "pretty flower" she made...
(like I said, BIG helper!!!)

Charlie and Daddy!!

Charlie playing dress-up!!

Saturday at the Lake

We drove to the lake for the day yesterday to celebrate Charlie's great-grandfather's 94th birthday. Chalrie was excited because Tom and Sherri and their 4 children came down from Ashville (Charlie has missed the babies~and the boys, but mostly the babies!!~ since they left Charleston!!) She had fun chasing the boys, playing with the babies, opening Papoo's presents and swimming. It was a full day and she fell asleep about 5 minutes after being in the car. When we got home she asked if she could skip her bath and just go to bed...who can argue with that!!!

Last Weekend...

Susana and Aunt Phoebe came to visit last weekend. The girls had a lot of fun together. They chased each other around the house, read books to each other and played dress up. They had a great time together. Charlie loves when Susana comes to visit, and hopes she comes again very soon.

Sunday Morning

On Sunday we went for a boat ride with some friends out to Morris Island. Phoebe and I ran into Walmart to get some thing, and the girls stayed in the car and made funny faces for Carson (well Charlie was more serious than funny!!) The girls had a good time together and we hope they can come back again before summers over.

Carson's birthday present to himself!

Well, I knew it was coming sooner than later...Carson got a boat. It was love at first sight for Charlie, the jury is still out for me!!! (Let's hope turning 40 does not cost as much as 30!!)

This is Charlie opening Carson's birthday presents and blowing out his candles. I re-lit them about 5 times and she and Jacob took turns blowing them out.

Happy 94th birthday Pappo!

Charlie's great-grandfather turns 94 today. I hope to get some new pictures this Saturday when we celebrate birthdays for everyone in Carson's family. I have been very slack in photo taking and posting, but Gabby's birthday was on Saturday. We know she had a great day, she was in Nashville celebrating Fisher's birthday. We will see you on Saturday.

Happy (day late) Birthday Daddy!!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY DADDY
(HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE AS OLD AS MOMMY NOW?) We hope you had a great birthday!!!
For some reason blogger would not let me post anything yesterday. I have a few pictures from yesterday to download, mostly of Charlie blowing out Carson's candles and opening his presents. I'll do that later.

HAPPY 2 nd BIRTHDAY FISCHER!!!

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY~

Charlie had her first dentist appointment yesterday and did great. Seeing as she brushes her teeth 100 times a day I figured she would have no problems going. She did not want to sit in the chair by herself, but she opened her mouth and let them brush and look at her teeth all they wanted. The biggest meltdown was when they wanted to take her picture for the wall. I have pretty much ruined her on posing for the camera.
We are headed to the beach in a little while...it should be fun the heat index is 105 and my body temp is about 210, so I should be nice and comfortable!!! I will post some pictures later (although they are all starting to
look the same!!!!)
We are also excited to say that Charlie will be expecting another little baby...a new cousin in February. Congratulations Aunt Mimi and uncle Chad (now if we can figure out how to get you back to the Carolina's!!)
HAVE A HAPPY HUMP DAY

3 year olds say the funniest things!!

Earlier today Charlie asked me if she could have some Graham Crackers. I asked her if she wanted peanut butter on them and her response was (and I quote) "mom, that is nonsense...peanut butter is for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, NOT graham crackers!" I don't think Carson or I have ever used the word nonsense.

It's a Girl!!

Well as I think I mentioned earlier, we decided to find out the sex of our baby. Much to my (and a lot of other peoples) surprise we are having another girl!!! The shock has not settled in yet, but I am excited. Part of me wants a second opinion before I start investing in pink stuff, but I am pretty sure now a days they are correct. She did not want to cooperate at first. She kept her legs crossed and I had to come back later for them to try again. She never fully moved her legs, so that is part of the reason I want to see it from another angle. Charlie is happy she is getting a girl, and I know how great it will be for her to have a sister.

Don't you wish you were that flexible!!

I have been making some changes to our blog page and if I find out we are having a boy I guess I will be making even more changes. Anyway, I think I have it set now where you do not have to be registered to make a comment, making it much easier for everyone to comment. I have gotten emails in the past on posts saying that they could not comment etc. So, if you fell like saying something (nice) and you are not a registered blogger give it a try and see if it works.