Charlotte makes a Sandcake

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The Kite Festival!

Last weekend we went to the Berkley Kite Festival. Charlotte had a blast flying her octopus kite. Believe it or not this picture was early in the day and later there was about twice as many kites in the air.

Charlotte Turns 2!

Charlotte love the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. So her birthday was themed after the movie. We had movie poster decorations, food from the movie and a fox mask craft. We also went swimming because she loves to swim! I am not gonna label all the picture so have fun looking at them. A special thanks to Annie for taking them!

First Friday at the Children's Museum of Phoenix

Last Friday we were at dinner with family in Phoenix. We were talking about how it was first Friday and I remembered that Childrens Museum was free. Kari and I decided to take Charlotte, everyone else played board games. We had to wait forever to go in. But it was worth the wait. Charlotte had a blast and we kept having to pry her away from one exhibit and drag her to the next. Her favorite activities were any thing she had to put an item in and it would come back out. They had an adorable super market with shopping carts and cash registers. She also loved the noodle forest. I don't have pictures because I wasn't planning on going but hopefully Kari will have some.

Monument Valley

These pictures are not chronological but it was all the same day so it doesn't really matter.

Martin and Charlotte in the back of the Truck during our 2.5 hour tour of Monument Valley


Charlotte in front of a Sweat Lodge by Burger King in Monument Valley


Charlotte Standing in Dinosaur Tracks


The Burger Queen


Charlotte's new family



My Little Navajo...wearing a Blue Bird Flour Sack


Mommy and Baby


Charlotte standing in a dinosaur track


Walking in the sand above her was a giant whole in red rock


Flour sack baby

Playing in the Yard

As many of you know it is hot here in AZ. In the morning while I am cleaning up after the dogs I let Charlotte play outside. I wet down all her toys and she plays on her slide, or in her water table. Today she discovered her plastic Bilibo toy. She wanted me to spin and spin her.

Hot Wheels

Charlotte's favorite toy is Hot Wheels. Almost every morning she brings me her bag of tracks and says, "Help, help, hot, hot." Whenever a piece of track comes loose she walks around saying, "UhOh, UhOh," and doesn't stop until you fix it for her. In this picture Martin made her a great track. When I make them for her the loop isn't even part of the track.