Hello from Florida!!

It is our last day in this beautiful weather, so sad. We've had a wonderful time courtesy of Mimi and Grampy even if it took Michelle and Charlie four nights to get accustomed to their new beds.

The trip down was great. Michelle had a bit of a meltdown in security screening when we had to dispose of her juice but she quickly recovered. She was rather amused looking at all the planes with her Dad.



Charlie enjoyed some apples in his mesh bag, messy yes, but it did keep him quiet.


They both did great on the plane. We didn't hear a peep from Michelle as she just watched her tv with no sound. We did bring out the DVD at one point but only because we felt bad she was watching and not listening to her tv.

I couldn't get over the two high chairs next to each other. It is commonplace for the Kramer family but it made me chuckle seeing my two children sittting next to each other snacking on Cherrios.



Michelle loved "cleaning up" after herself while Charlie was able to play on the floor with his new toys.





The beach was so much fun. Michelle is addicted to the "sand" and wants to go there every day. She particularly has been enjoying destroying the sand castles Mike makes for her. Charlie on the other hand just likes to eat the sand.




For Thanksgiving we went to Mimi and Grampy's golf club, boy was it yummy!!! We learned how much Charlie can really eat. I think I've been starving the poor boy. Someone even came over and said she thought Charlie ate more than her, ha ha. Guess I should start saving for groceries now.




PS: If anyone has any ideas of how to get a toddler and "infant" to sit still and both look at you at the same time I'd appreciate it. My time is up for today.

Learning to share

I have been trying to teach Michelle that she must share with her brother. She seems to think it is appropriate to rip toys, books or even food out of his hands for her own use. So imagine how happy I was when I "thought" she was going to share her prized Cherrios with her brother.

They started out so happy together:


Then Michelle began to get a bit wary of Charlie actually eating her Cherrios


She then started to tell him "no Charleeee"


Starting to plan her escape:


Sucess!!

The joys of a cat door

When life finds you with no pressing errands why not allow your children to explore the cat door, I did not know its entertainment value until this evening. Of course I was on standby should anyone try to put a body part through the door.

Camera Shy

I've been trying for days to get a picture of the two kids together to no avail, guess I should try to do this when Mike is home. At any rate I did get a few cute ones of that I thought I'd share.

Michelle and Charlie would like you to meet their newest cousin!!

Shawn Michael came into this world on Sunday, November 4. He is adorable and so far very well behaved, how do the Fredo's get so lucky?


News from the Kramers:

It took a Comcast repairman to get Charlie fully up on all fours crawling!! He has been doing the army crawl or even a few, maybe one or two, formward movements on all fours but he saw that repairman and crawled right into the office!!!! I could not believe it, go figure. I'll try to get a video to share this evening. He is just so darn cute with all of his crooked teeth.

Lesson Learned

Never disturb two children who are playing independently for a picture, chaos very well may be the result.

Note: No children were injuried in the taking of these photographs. Although it looks as if tears were coming, I assure you all of the crazy faces being made were a result of laughter.










And Charlie wanted to be sure you all saw his new teeth!