i forgot how fast it all happens when they are so little.  i’ve been though it four times now, and it just speeds by faster each time!  charlotte has started pulling up & even cruising a bit this week.  i told john i better get the crawling on video this week, before it’s a thing of the past.  and she just started two weeks ago!  the big three all started walking in the 8th month.  charlotte doesn’t look like she’ll be far off!  she’ll be 8 months old next week!

in baby jail.  she doesn’t look too sad about it though, eh?

and it’s just as cute from the back, lol! (wish chubby thighs were as cute on 28 year olds!)

and in other kid news!  we had a fun july 4th weekend.  we didn’t make it to the fireworks because it was pouring!  but we went to an old fashioned fourth festival at a favorite place of ours.  we panned for gold, rode in a covered wagon, and played old fashioned games. we had a great time!

oh – and this is too funny not to share.  the big 2 have been bugging me to let them have a bake off.  they don’t watch too much tv, but we recently all watched a food network cake bake-off.  they wanted to make three different types of cookies, & have us judge them.  but i had a tube of sugar cookie dough in the fridge (i am normally a from scratch kinda girl, but i suck at sugar cookies!  like worst ever!!) for a fruit pizza thing, and told them we could have a decorate off instead, lol!  so i gave them each a slice of dough, & a ramekin full of decorating goodies.

eventually they ended up just rolling them (like norah’s log? lol!).  can you tell who ate half their dough?    well he ended up winning the taste off! 

and one last share – this one is weird.  i am not sure who signed off on the houses here when they built them in 2005, but what a design flaw.  our living room looks right into our neighbor’s bedroom!  and he NEVER closes his shutters, lol.  i will leave it at that!  so we always keep our curtains or at least the privacy thing on that window closed (but had them open the day i took this when we were getting our carpets cleaned).  seriously, worst planning ever!