Charlie and I had a great trip to Houston last weekend. Charlie slept on most of the plane ride down-- I think the turbulence rocked him to sleep. He had lots of fun playing with Grandpa's hats-- having us all try them on in turn, and wearing them himself. He enjoyed sitting next to Nathan for meals-- whenever Nathan was in his highchair, Charlie wanted to sit in the booster chair next to him. We went to the grocery store with Grandma, and Charlie watched Grandma feed the birds.

Charlie also spent a good part of the weekend telling everyone to "shhhh" while putting a finger on the side of his nose. He must have picked this up from his new room at daycare, when they tell the kids to be quiet for naptime.

Yesterday we had people over for the Ohio State-Michigan game. The game was a bit more boring than usual, and by the time it was over there were cries to play Rock Band. Charlie joined in the fun on one song, banging on one of the drum pads with Beth's lip gloss and messing up her good score. He also enjoyed playing with the microphone and bopping to the songs while sitting in his rocking chair.

Charlie's newest word is "uck!" (when something is yucky-- like fuzz on his binkie) He's also saying "blocks" and "jacket." He's also learning to tell us that he's about to make a dirty diaper. This morning, he walked up to John and said "poo-poo," then we saw him grunt and make a face.

Daycare is also teaching Charlie how to throw things in the trash when he is done with them. He gets very excited here at home when I ask him to help me throw something away. I just hope we don't end up missing something important that he has thrown away as part of a game!

His first full week of full days in the Busy Bee room went well. He had a couple of bumps on the head, but all normal in the week of a toddler. All the extra activity must have worn him out, though, because he took two 2-hour naps on Saturday, and still went to bed an hour early!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner with Grandma Connie over at the Piedrahitas' house. I'm sure Charlie and Oscar will wear themselves out chasing each other around while we're making dinner. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers!