Customer in Training

Diego is finally eating cereal!!

It seems that we have unleashed a shopping monster! After 2 years of watching his parents do the shopping Charlie acted like a natural when he got behind the cart. Luckily the cart wasn't that big or else we would have ended up with half the grocery store. Even with a small cart we left with about $10 worth of stuff that we didn't want. At one point I was picking something out and heard him ask "mommy, I like this?" He was hugging a whole chicken that must have been at least half the size of him.

I also let him make his own PB & J sandwich this week. As you can see - not much ended up on the bread. Anytime he got a clump of peanut butter out of the jar he couldn't resist sticking it in his mouth. He needed a lot of water after that exercise.

We went to Philly to visit grandma last weekend to give Carlos a break after 3 LONG nights alone with 2 kids! We had a great time visiting grandma and going to a kids playspace and the Franklin Institute. The big heart is still pumping and looks like it still has the same coat of paint as when I was a kid...Charlie really loved the place and tried to negotiate hard when it came time to go: "Ok - ok - ONE more time at the train" and after another visit to the engine he said, "ok - but ONE more time at the airplane THEN we can go." This went on and on. Despite a great weekend (or maybe because of it) the ride back was terrible. Diego kept crying and anytime he seemed to calm himself or cried himself to sleep Charlie would scream "AHHHH!" to wake him up and the crying began again. I stopped twice to give them a pep talk and settle their non-word, yet very vocal dispute but Charlie continued scaring Diego anytime there was a lull in the crying. This went on for all but 30 miles of the trip. I was pissed and told Charlie he was a jerk. To which he laughed and said "I'm not a joke." Clearly he didn't know what jerk meant despite my less-than-sweet voice. Here are some pictures from the Franklin Institute including one from the photo booth there.