The House of Chuck, Part Two

On our second visit to Chuck's place, Caroline found a friend!

We were there with Grandpa and the Wolfes to try to get one more celebration in before school starts again and we are all too busy to enjoy days like this. Here are some more photos of the fun!

She's Got the Music In Her!

While the moves definitely need some refining, Caroline loves to dance when she hears music.

Cooking 101

Recently we have begun to join the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em school of parenting", and we loaded all lower cabinets and drawers in the kitchen (the ones we couldn't put locks on) with various things Caroline could play with. Of course, we both (or maybe just me, Kevin seems to be much more realistic about these things) had visions of us doing our domestic thing in the kitchen while she happily sat with various bowls and spoons being precious. It's nice, but not the beautiful picture I imagined, as usually she ends up right where I need to be. And then there's the fact that she can find a certain metal cake pan no matter where we put it, and delights in alternately banging it on the ceramic tyle and throwing it into the air to hear the loud bang it makes when it falls. I guess you can't win them all. Here's a short clip of her first day with her new "toys".

Remind anyone of the story of my 4H demo in grade school???

Another Milestone - Louisiana Style

Tonight was Caroline's first visit to Randol's. She liked the music a lot, but couldn't really find her beat at first. When we went back to the table, she found it - and she danced right through her dinner!

Just A Few Steps

Caroline is very close to walking. She could walk all day as long as she's holding on to something. Occasionally, she forgets and lets go and she takes a few steps. Here is one of those occasions.



You can't really blame her for wanting to fix the "pants situation" she's in, but once she loses concentration she can't stand up!

YES, We're Older Parents, Okay?!?

We were at a restaurant for lunch with Caroline on Monday and the waitress came up and said. "Awww, she's so cute. Grandchild?" Strangely without missing a beat I informed her that she was my daughter. AS IF that wasn't bad enough, she said "Ohhh, I'm sorry" and quickly walked away. Funny, I think when people say that (this is not the first time by far) it sometimes comes from people seeing Kevin and I and realizing that she doesn't look like us more than it comes from them thinking we are too old to have a child her age. BUT, when you're about to turn 40, it stings! I did have an interesting thought today, though. When Caroline is old enough to go to college, Kevin and I will be retiring. How many people can say that?

Good Morning!

Mackenzie and Jackson have spent some days here this summer and Caroline loves it when they arrive. On this morning they came in when she was waking up. She loved it!