Worst Conversation Ever

The Longfellow Grill came up in conversation at breakfast this morning.  Charlotte was quick to point out that we have gone there a few times with our Longfellow neighbors Ed and Carly and their baby Sasha (who is well on her way to toddlerhood).  And then Charlotte asked a series of questions so mind-numbingly dumb, I had to indulge her and answer them just because I was curious where this would go.  The answer is nowhere.  These questions went nowhere.

Charlotte:  Ed and Carly go to Longfellow Grill with Charlotte, Daddy, Mommy, and Happy... and Baby Sasha.

Me: Yes.

Charlotte: What's Ed's name?

Me: Ed.

Charlotte: What's Carly's name?

Me: Carly.

Charlotte: What's Sasha's name?

Me: Sasha.

Charlotte: Satisfied silence.  Resumes eating her waffles.

End scene.

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Kids say the darndest things.  My favorite Charlotteisms:

Sweet Potato Head for Mr. Potato Head

sun scream and butt scream for sunscreen and butt cream

alligator for elevator

Nacho's shoe fly for any fly

And in the car she is just babbling away about Lord knows what and sometimes I listen in and have no idea what the Hell she is talking about.

"The sun goes down at nighttime and eats.  He eats a snack.  He eats apple sauce and he likes it."

"When Pancho was a baby, he learned how to.... sleep."

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a kitty and daddy is going to be a doggie."

Another One

Charlotte & Happy

Charlotte Turns #3!

If you ask Charlotte how old she is, she'll hold up her fingers and say, "I'm number 3."  We celebrated three ways.   Charlotte's birthday part 1. Her birthday happened to fall on the same day as the Twin Cities Marathon Family Day, so we had a nice breakfast (pancakes,  Charlotte's favorite) and headed over to the capital to sign Charlotte up for the toddler trot.

Birthday breakfast sausage

We also signed Happy up for the Diaper Dash.  We debated whether or not it was worth it, after all she is nowhere near crawling, but we agreed that it was worth it for the photo op alone.  I think you will agree.

Happy at the starting line 

Totally worth $11!

There are not many things more joyful than watching a 3 year old run.  All the kids got race t-shirts and Charlotte wore hers for 3 days in a row.  I had to bargain with her to get it off her long enough to wash it Sunday night.

Happy's souvenir from her first race - CUTE!

Then we went home and took naps to get ready for Chartlotte's birthday part 2.  After dinner it was time for cupcakes and presents!  Charlotte has a mild obsession with cupcakes. Ever since her birthday last year she has asked to look at pictures of her birthday cupcake on my phone at least once a week.  She has fond memories of the "fire" and frosting.  This year's cupcake did not disappoint - Oreo!  The frosting tasted like the filling of an Oreo.

She's in love.

 Charlotte got this gift from her friends Nathan, Noah and Alma.
I think these fruit snacks were her favorite present.

Trying to tempt her with another present, but she can't stop talking about those fruit snacks!

Frog Trouble - Sandra Boynton's best work yet.  Seriously, I would listen to this without any kids around.

Charlotte's big present - a sweet stove.

And to top it off, cupcake PJs!!

A week later, we had a little party with Netta and Bailey for birthday part 3!  We had a little cake and went to the park to play.  Charlotte was very excited for Netta and Bailey to come over and spent the morning talking about which burner of her new stove would be for which cousin to cook on.

Bailey, Netta and Charlotte turning 3 together.

What's Happy Doing?

Charlotte asks that question about a hundred times a day, as we are now all in on the phase where she asks questions she knows the answer to.  In the case of this question, the answer is always one of the following: nursing, sleeping, or laying around making nonstop noises.  Usually the noises are accompanied by a lot of smiles,  but this video did not capture the smiles.

Regardless, congratulations to Happy for finally reaching the point in her life where she is doing enough stuff that warrants some videotaping, even if it will only be interesting to her grandparents and Texas cousins, aunts, and uncles.

Overheard

"Charlotte, you have to eat something besides broccoli." Said mommy.