Lysander 4.9.14: http://youtu.be/NgI7D85ETQU

Charlotte laughing before bedtime 4.4.14: http://youtu.be/x-ilLiph9Uw

Charlotte loves to walk on the sidewalk. We live one house outside a cul de sac so it’s nice that she can walk in a confined area.

It was a beautiful day yesterday,  even though the temps only reached 60 degrees, which, for Florida is mighty cold.

Note: we went to babies r us yesterday and I put those shoes on her feet back on the shelf at least twice before I caved and bought them for her. She picked them out herself and had been wearing them from the moment we left the store until bedtime.

The above pictures are from yesterday evening.  The below are from the morning when she was wearing her sneakers.

Here she is, sampling her very first almond butter and grape jelly sandwich. She didn’t quite know how to eat it. It was a treat as we don’t feed her what we don’t eat and white bread isn’t paleo approved. 🙂

She didn’t much care for it. She doesn’t eat many sweet foods so I’m not sure if it was the bread or jam that turned her off.

The blackberries I gave her made a quick trip to the floor. I guess she doesn’t like them either.

That was our day. Walking around builds up an appetite. 

Charlotte sat on this chair for an hour and a half while I cooked dinner and tended to her baby brother

It takes a very confident little boy to take a bath in his sister’s old bathtub and use her princess washcloth to clean up.

Charlotte has scrambled eggs for breakfast and has started to cool her eggs off by blowing on them. I tried to take a picture but she saw my phone and continued to eat them instead.

This morning, while I put Zander to sleep, it got eerily quiet in the living room. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw her trying to put her sneakers on all by herself.

Zander has slept well the past few nights and I think it’s due to wrapping him up so tightly in the sleep sack that it mimics a straightjacket. His arms can’t jerk him awake but his legs are loose enough for him to stretch a bit.

I’ve started taking them for at least 1 walk daily in the new stroller during the day. Two nights ago, I took them in the evening and it was very relaxing for them. I’m going to do a walk every evening,  pending any timing issues with dinner, baths, etc.

Charlotte rediscovered her bumbo seat last week…moments later she got stuck.

Which led me to the idea of getting her her own recliner, as she has started to try to climb on the sofa and recliners in the living room.

She has learned how to climb up without any assistance from either of us. I’ve been placing her on the seat but she figured out how when no one was looking. The only problem is that she continues to climb up and stand on the seat and holds on to the back.

This monstrosity weighs 32 lbs before the infant carrier and the babies.

It’s a good thing too. It felt very secure on the walk around the block, unlike our regular stroller.

Charlotte loves her some rib bones!!

It took forever to get a somewhat decent shot and my flash decided to go off. Oh well. Still a cute pic!

This video was taken on 2/17, a few days after Lysander and I came home. Charlotte is learning how to draw with washable markers.