We have our first good eater

Elena and Sam showed very little interest in food until they were a year old.  Between the two of them, we probably went through a total of 4 jars of baby food.

Not the case with Charlie. Not only does he go through about a jar of baby food a day, he is also not picky. It's about time! Let's hope his willingness to eat whatever we put in front of him sticks :)

I just came across this beautiful story and thought I would share.

Falling Behind

We've been extremely busy this July so I haven't been able to get a chance to update the blog much.  On the flip side, I'll have lots to write about on here whenever I do get around to it. For the time being, here are some highlights from June.

Finally hot!!

Our godson, Asher's, first birthday

Sam's first year of T-ball

In honor of Bill Cosby's birthday...

 

Sam to the Rescue

We went out to eat with some of Seth's family at The Lowry in Minneapolis a few weeks ago.  A note to anyone planning to eat there in the future: The food is great.  However, the following information may come into handy if you sit in the corner booth.

Charlie got hungry, and there wasn't room for him to nurse with my bulky diaper bag sitting next to me.  So I hoisted the bag up onto what appeared to be a ledge behind the booth. Only it wasn't a ledge. Unless you consider a 5-foot drop to the floor with no access from any direction other than up to be a ledge.

Considering that my wallet, phone and car keys were all in the bag, I didn't think it wise to just leave it behind. Elena was a little hesitant to be lowered into a narrow pit, but Sam eagerly volunteered to go down to retrieve my bag. He also found a toy truck and a pacifier, to which I hope their owners were not strongly attached. Of course, once Sam was back up the kids kept asking to go down there for the rest of the meal. 

I didn't realize that Seth's brother John was taking pictures of the whole incident until he sent them two us. Here we are recovering the purse.

Calvin, the female version

When Elena and her friends were painting pictures, I asked them each what they were painting, and they all shared with me.

 

Jerlyn said, "I'm painting a rainbow."

 

Eileen painted a tree with flowers.

 

 Elena very cheerily said, "I painted a blood factory where vampires store all of their blood."

 

 When I told my sister-in-law Tina this story, she hit the nail on the head saying Elena reminded her of Calvin and Hobbes.  She sure makes for a lot of laughs!

Laughing with Papi

Sorry this is sideways half the time.  We're not very techno-savvy.

Ring Bearer, Take 2

Sam was able to be a ring bearer again for his godfather's wedding a few weeks ago.  Once again, the extroverted, performance-loving Sam was paired with a shy, I'm-not-so-sure-I-want-to-walk-down-that-aisle-without-my-mommy flower girl. 

Taking his job quite seriously, Sam spent about 20 minutes during the rehearsal practicing their walk with the flower girl. I guess all the practice paid off because they both did a wonderful job. 

We all had a great day at the wedding and following celebration.  Elena got tired around 11:00, pushed a few chairs together to make a bed and fell asleep.  But Sam danced his heart out until the very last song. At one point, he asked Elena to dance with him, but she's more of a solo dancer.  Then he asked the flower girl, but she was too shy.  So he went and asked Laura, the bride. Fortunately, she said yes.

Charlie spent the evening melting several ladies' hearts, as usual.  It was almost to the point where I wasn't quite sure I'd be able to wrestle him back.

Sam took a little time to pray before the wedding

The handsome Myhre men



Sam and Brek




Congratulations, Ryan and Laura!

Here are a few more pictures from Charlotte's last weekend here.

Charlotte and Tobi

I guess we ran out of chairs.

Our photographers

 

The importance of learning how to spell

Yesterday when Sam was playing with Charlie, we had this conversation:

 

Sam: Mom, Charlie gots a wack.

Me: A what?

Sam: A wack.  He gots a wack in his ear.

Me: Oh. He has wax in his ear?

Sam: No, not wacks.  He just has one wack.

I suppose if you can't read or write, you can't really understand the difference between "x" and "cks."

As promised, here are more pictures from our weekend with Charlotte's family.  These are some pictures Natalia took of the kids, mostly Sam.  He's a bit of a ham when there's a camera around.

This is one of my favorite pictures.  It's Natalia holding Charlie on our porch swing: