Birthday Celebration No. 2

We spent Charlotte's second birthday at Covenant Point, where Kyle was the speaker for Wilderness Week camp. We started off the morning with bagels and strawberries (breakfast number 1).

We opened a few little presents from Mom and Dad, and then headed to Auntie Courtney and Uncle Erik's for sticky buns.

Charlotte got a Cabbage Patch Kid from Gramma Lynn and Poppa. Her name is Brook Nina, but Charlotte kept calling her "Auntie Brooke."

For lunch, we went to Scott's and got ice cream.

Heaven. Peanut Butter Mackinac Island Fudge (Kyle's favorite) and Amaretto Cherry Mackinac Island Fudge (my favorite) together! 

My favorite.

These two were funny together.

In the evening we had a birthday party for Charlotte and Jackson at Courtney and Erik's house with some family and friends from camp.

Three redheads.

 

Kermit cake! I found a cake at the grocery store and drew Kermit on with frosting. Charlotte was pretty impressed.

Overall, a good day.

Birthday Celebration No. 1

With Grandma Patti

With Grandpa Rich

Kermit! (It was a very Muppet-y birthday this year.)

The new bike that Charlotte has been talking about for months. Whenever you ask Charlotte when her birthday is, she says, "June sixteenf! Bike!"

My favorite picture of the day. Charlotte cheering when the singing ended, "YAY! WE DID IT!"

Yummy, yummy cake made by Granny.

Happy parents.

Trip to Covenant Point

We had a great weekend at Point, but we did not always have our camera, but this excursion to the Back 40 was full of Wonder.

A rare shoulder ride with Mommy.  At one point Charlotte signed to Jenny, "Camp; I love camp; I love Chicago."  We both know how that feels - a wonderful tension for sure, 

Daddy's old Jungle Gym the Track n' Trail.

In good camper fashion Charlie began to tip over stumps.  The worms were ripe for the picking and she warmed up really fast to them.  A true Yooper, eh?

 

Charlie and her own tiny worm.

The road trip home brought out the silly in this little lady and she wanted everything piled on her.  She thought she was so funny.

Waiting patiently for us to laugh at her.

We had a great trip and Charlie was talking about her cousins and Laurel and the Staff all the time.  She wadded in the frigid lake with he nutty cousins, took a Kayak ride with Daddy, and spent hours in the sand pit.  Charlotte often called the Lake "The Tub" -- silly city-kid. 

Thanks CPBC - We love and miss you.  

Our hearts are truly in two places.

Silly Girl or Fashion Forward?

This is what happens when Dad is asked to put all the headbands on.

 I love the Quasimodo eye.

Cups at Breakfast

Jenny claims that a good breakfast can be measured by the number of beverages you get to enjoy.  Charlotte really took it to the extreme and commandeered all our cups and lined them up herself.

Below you can see her counting her wealth of cups.

(Watch in a slideshow if you can)

 And yes, our little girl can count to ten and sometimes beyond...although she often goes "One, two, three, ninety-six," for some reason.  We'll try to film it and get it online if she is not too camera shy.