Home Life

Here’s a random wrap-up of the last week – first, Ben finished his DIY project of sanding/painting this desk that I found at a rummage sale for $35.

Before:

After:

We spent a lot of time playing outside. Charlie can now climb up the ladder to get up here BY HIMSELF. He is a little monkey at 16 months! (I worry a little that he will be a much faster climber than Eli pretty soon…)

Eli’s swinging -

Charlie loves the slide -

Later, Ben was watering plants and Eli found a mini water gun in the yard. Eli called over to Ben, “If you squirt me, I’ll squirt you back!”

Inside on a rainy day… the boys roughhousing on my messy bed:

I love this picture, even though it’s a little blurry (don’t worry, Eli didn’t land on Charlie :)

Some of Eli’s latest phrases include…

“WHAT???”

“What in the world??”

“Are you joking?”

Charlie’s favorite word is ball. He loves animal noises (dog, bird, monkey, cow) and today he learned how to say balloon. It is the CUTEST thing as he curls his little tongue as he says the “l” sound. He seems to be on the verge of a word explosion because every day I heard him mimicing the words that we are using. Charlie is at a very, very busy phase, but he is so cute in busy mode. One of his favorite activities is finding a marker and pulling the cap off, then throwing them both on the floor. Thank goodness for washable markers!