WHILE MOMMY IS AWAY

What happens when mommy is away, daddy is in charge but very tired and the baby is looking for trouble?

The answer is below.

11 MONTHS AND COUNTING

It is hard to believe but Clark turned 11 months old earlier this month. He gets cuter and cuter by the day but more mischevious as well. He is crawling on his bum (Is it still called crawling if he gets around scooting on his bottom?). He is also pulling himself up on the furniture and walking around. Clark loves to play peekaboo and catch the ball but his favorite activity is helping mommy clean out the cupboards and drawers.

HOORAY FOR HALLOWEEN

Once again halloween was crazy this year. Not because I was busy making home made costumes and decorations but because like the past 4 years I was in charge of the church ward halloween carnival. Although this year was a lot less stressful because we didn´t invite the other two wards which meant less people and less chaos, nonetheless I had my challenges. As I am not the best at delegating, I was in charge of everthing: food, decorations, games, prizes and contests. Luckily Leo was a big help. Making this year even a little more challenging was the fact that we couldn´t set up the room the day before because there was a baptism only 3 hours before the activity and in a small church like ours, the sacrament room is the same as the cultural hall, so we had to wait to decorate until after the baptism. However, to make things easier, Leo and I and the kids went to the church Saturday morning and spent 3 hours blowing up balloons and getting all the games and candy ready. Then we went home and I made cupcakes for the cake walk. Every year I tell Leo that I am not going to be in charge of next year´s activity and every year I end up doing it because I know the kids really look forward to it and it is the activity when more people who are not members of the church come. Watching the families have such a great time makes it all worth it.

Even the Bishop helped run the games.

Charlie aka Spiderman and his good friend Dani.

Clark slept through most of the chaos.

THE MANY FACES OF CHARLIE

This is the result of when a four year old gets ahold of the camara.

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LOOK WHO IS TEN MONTHS OLD

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LIKE MOTHER LIKE SON

After I took these pictures I understood a little bit better why the people always say that Clark has his mom´s eyes.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

All summer long it seemed that Charlie was looking forward to starting his second year of school, but for some reason during the few weeks leading up to the first day of school Charlie started to say that he didn´t want to go because he was "worried". (The worries start at a young age these days). As a result, the first day of school was not the happiest for Charlie. (See the pictures below. ) Now, however I can happily report that he likes to go to school and he is no longer worried.

Since my shift starts later, I am able to take Charlie to school before I go to work. It is one of my favorite parts of the day because it gives us a chance to be together just the two of us. We live fairly close to the school so it is quicker just to walk and Charlie and I have some very "deep" conversations sometimes. For example, the other day out of the blue Charlie asked me, "Mom, why doesn´t Jesus have shoes?" I replied, "well, where Jesus lived it was very hot so he didn´t wear shoes or he wore sandals". To which Charlie responded, "But, mom, how do flip-flops fly?". Good question. Oh the things that make you go hmmm!