Amateur Hour

Best $8.00 I’ve spent in a long time.  My house looks better, and I feel more accomplished.  Amateur housekeepers like me need all the help we can get. 

is now a hulking monster of a toddler.  We went for his 18 month checkup, and our little peanut, who was 4 pounds and change when we brought him home, is now in the 75th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height!!  Some pictures for comparison:
Charlie at 2 weeks old:                         Charlie at 18 [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Charlie’s grandparents came up to visit from Florida.  We had lots of fun! 

One of the days they were here, we went to a local strawberry patch to pick berries.  Charlie was in heaven.  He wasn’t so interested in picking the berries, but he was all about eating them!

Mmmmm…strawberries!

You know there is a serious problem with our culture when it is so easy to access something like “BikiniCAM” (yes, its exactly what you think it is, and no, I’m not going to link to it) that my 18 month-old could do it by himself!!!  From time to time I let Charlie play with [...]

when there’s leftover mashed potatoes?

Charlie recently decided that the best way to clean his hands after eating is to wipe them on his hair.  Its not that big a deal at dinnertime, as he’s due for a bath anyway, but when he does it at breakfast…*sigh*
I can’t really blame him, though.  Look at that hold!

Charlie has been leaving me surprises this week.  A couple of days ago I caught him experimenting with crayons:

 
“Look, Mommy, they float!”
This morning, I went to move the clothes from the washing machine into the dryer and I found this:

I wonder what else he’s hidden somewhere around the house…