First Date

Carlos gave Charlie a haircut and I'm not that happy about it. Charlie looks like a Beatle with short bangs. Surprisingly Charlie sat still on the bathroom countertop as Carlos used the kitchen scissors. His hair was getting in his eyes so I just wanted a little trim, but I'm not happy with the outcome. Here they are:

I think Charlie's temper is starting to show through. Carlos and I got in a fight about the hair and Carlos and Charlie got in a fight about Goldbug. Yep - Goldbug. Charlie pointed to a little green bug and exclaimed "Goldbug!" Carlos said that it wasn't goldbug and Charlie was devastated. He put his head in his arms and started crying. We usually skip that page now to avoid any more incidents.

I was in Atlanta this past week and so to make up for it we had lots of quality time this weekend. Charlie and I went to the Natural History Museum with Stephanie and her niece Stephie and then over to watch the ice skaters at the Sculpture garden. Then we joined a fabulous Bolivian feast at a friend's house and Sunday we joined a cookie decorating party. He really liked decorating the cookies but the outcome wasn't very appetizing! To go to the cookie party we actually fit another car seat in our tiny car! They looked so cute together - I felt like I was chaperoning a first date!

I forgot to tally words last week but I noticed that as new ones come in some others seem to disappear. He won't say 'quatro' anymore, but he has taken up: ojo, boca, teeth, manzana, socks, milk, soup & sopa. That makes 42. He says "Hi dada/mama" or "bye dada/mama" and he says "da ball" though I'm not sure he thinks of it as two words or just one. And for some crazy reason he is convinced that cows say "Baa" - no matter how many times I say "Moo," he says "Baa." No idea where he got his stubborn nature...