We bought him a dressing doll, which actually looks a little like him, and he immediately called him Little Charlie.
We had his 24-month check-up on the 9th, and the boy weighed 33 lbs, and was 37 1/4". The accepted pediatric lore is that doubling the 2-year old height is a fair estimation of adult height. If this is true, Charlie will be 6' 2 1/2", just like his Opu!
Saturday, we had Charlie's buddies over for a sand and water spectacular. Evan picked up a truckload of play sand, we filled the sandbox with water, and set loose a crazy beach ball sprinkler. Hopped up on juice boxes and cupcakes, the kids ran around like maniacs and generally had a pretty good time.
The pre-game show, which involved unloading A LOT of sand, and transforming our backyard into a kid-friendly oasis:
The birthday boy enjoyed having an hour or two lounge poolside before his guest arrived:
Gabriel and Charlie having lunch at the new picnic table.
The giant beach ball sprinkler, which Charlie wasn't a big fan of. Meanwhile, all of the girls at the party loved it, and were totally fearless!!
We'd been singing "Happy Birthday" to Charlie a lot after his actual birthday, at his request. When his party guests sang to him, he all of a sudden got shy and took off around the corner! Thankfully we were able to coax him back with the promise of more sugar.
Opening presents, with a little help from his friends:
Loving his new lawn mower! I can't help but laugh because he is going to HATE mowing the lawn 10 years from now . . .
Grandpa & Opu, exhausted by the many projects assigned to them by their overzealous daughter.
We took a similar photo last year at his birthday, and the big question is: How much longer will we be able to pick him up?
1 comment:
oh what fun ... we're so sorry that we missed it!
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