Exploring and Peanut Butter Toes

Charlie is a great sleeper.  Bed at 7:30 PM and up at 8:30 AM.  Am I a lucky mom or what?! 

I told my mom about this last week and my mentioning it has jinxed me. 

For the last week Charlie has woken up at 6:30 AM.  6:30 isn't that early, but I love my morning sleep.  I can wake up at 7:45; get dressed, have breakfast, dishes, scripture study and then get Charlie out of bed feeling like I've made a good start to my day.

The last few mornings have been rushed, but this morning our family had breakfast and morning prayer together.  It was nice.

Maybe earlier mornings are a good thing?

For lunch Charlie had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  With sticky fingers he grabbed his foot and put his fingers in between his toes.  Gross...things between my toes creeps me out. 

After a thorough wipe down we went exploring.

 

Charlie was in heaven picking up sticks, rocks and dried up leaves.  

He stomped around using his stick to sword fight anything sticking up out of the ground more than a few inches. 

 

I brought along a tupperware container and we collected "treasures." 

Treasures being twigs, pebbles and leaves, but who's to say those aren't treasures?  He sure thought they were!  

Charlie would thoroughly examine each item, give it a lick and then put it in the container.  I guess everything needed a taste test as well?

On our walk home, Charlie stopped and reached up for me until I picked him up.  

That tells me it was a good outing if he was too tired to keep going.  I'm usually the one feeling that way.

 

We have fun together...until about 4 o'clock.  Once the clock says 4 it's as if something clicks and we're both grumpy, tired of each other and counting the seconds until daddy gets home.

Daddy is home now and I'm getting my break from Charlie by blogging about Charlie.

How does that work?