Charlie a.k.a. Curious George

Charlie is our agile little monkey whose curiosity sometimes gets the best of him. He’s a busy little guy who is fully in the curious but clumsy stage as a toddler. Here are some recent examples -

1. Last night we were eating dinner outside in the back yard. Charlie was standing on one of the lighter plastic chairs and somehow rocked the chair to tip it back (but he was facing backwards)… Ben and I were on either side of him and tried to stop the chair, but weren’t able to stop it completely from tipping (we just made it tip less abrasively). Poor Charlie fell face-first onto the brick pavement and ended up with a huge red bump in the middle of his forehead and a cut lip. It would have been much worse if we hadn’t broken the fall a little, but we still felt so sad for him.

2. Earlier today, Ben was outside with the kids. Eli was swinging on the swing set, and Charlie apparently ran up toward Eli without Ben realizing it early enough and Eli inadvertently kicked Charlie right in the chest and sent Charlie flying onto his back in the grass. 

3. Tonight we gave the boys a bath, but pulled Charlie out first because he kept trying to climb on the sloped back wall and was slipping all over the place. I stayed in the bathroom with Eli while he finished his bath… all of the sudden, Charlie came running in, leaned over the tub, and tipped forward all the way into the bath, head first into the water!! He is crazy sometimes. I quickly pulled him back out and Ben had to change his pjs. We couldn’t believe he really dove in like that.

So if you see Charlie in the next couple of days, you may notice quite a few bumps and bruises all over his sweet little face… :) I have pictures from them doing the slip and slide last night, but I also have some editing I need to do from some recent photo shoots. Someday I will catch up!!

Here’s a video of Charlie climbing up the play set ladder (and Eli swinging on the play set frame). You’ll see his fast little run at the end too.

Charlie Climbing Up Ladder (June 2010 - 16 months) from Sarah on Vimeo.