S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night

We had a good weekend, the weather was beautiful. Friday afternoon we met Stephanie, PJ, Carissa, and Elena at Super Target for a little shopping. Afterwards we went to the Brown's and PJ gave Charles some hand-me-down clothes and toys. Then we went with Stephanie and PJ to meet Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Christy, and Russell for our Friday night pizza at Bernie'.

Saturday morning we went to our first auction. Great Aunt Janice's house has been empty for over a year and hasn't sold, so Jeanine had it auctioned. It went for a good price and the buyers are nice and will email pictures of the renovations. The money from the sale will go to several charities, so we were pleased it went for a price higher than we expected.

Saturday was warm and Charles is still working on his teeth, so I stripped him to his diaper and gave him some grape juice ice cubes. He wasn't sure about them at first but that may have been because they were so cold. As you can see from the pictures he may have gotten more on the bib than in his mouth!

After the sticky mess it was time for a bath. He loves being in the tub. He's learning to splash and is trying to grab the bubbles. We have to out-smart him by turning him away from the drain. If we don't, he'll obsess over it and try to pull out the drain cover. He loves to watch the water go down. The other night he cried when the water was gone.

Many of you have mentioned what a BIG boy he is. Well, I decided to find out just how much he weighed. As you can see from the picture it's about 22lbs.

The last picture is Charles playing with his "new" toys from cousin PJ. It was great fun to spend time with PJ and Stephanie on Friday afternoon. Normally it's just Charles and all the girls, having some "guy time" is fun for us--PJ has been the only boy for a long time so another boy is a welcome change for him too! I have a feeling in the future those two may get into some trouble together!

Russell took his test on Thursday. I think he did okay, mainly he's glad it's over. He did better than expected on the test in his other class so he spent the weekend pouring over his homework in an attempt to squeeze an A out of the semester. If he did well on Thursday's test he'll be done with that class on Tuesday. I think he's decided not to take the final no matter what he got on the test--he'd have to flunk it to get lower than a B for the semester. His other class has a final on the 9th, then he'll be done until after Memorial Day. He's taking a summer class that I think meets twice a week for the full 8 weeks.