Look who is 2!

Charlie turned two years old on Sep 27th. I can't believe that much time has passed since he was born. We had such a fun party for him. Charlie is VERY into trucks and diggers and tools. So, we had a construction party for him complete with construction site cake, diggers in the dirt, building site and dumptruck bean bag toss. Charlie had such a fun day. He would go from activity to activity every once in a while check in with an adult that he knew. Charlie gets a little overwhelmed by crowds, unlike his big sister.
This was the first party we have had at our new house and Bella was completely tickled that so many people she knew were in her house!
When cake time came Charlie was so happy and sat at the table for about 30min playing and eating. He took the diggers and played with them in his cake. He was having so much fun using the excavator to dig the dirt (cake). It was so cute to watch.
We had shirts made for the party. So everyone in our family was sporting a "charlie dunbar construction company" shirt. It has now become Charlie's favortie shirt and he would wear it every day if we let him.
I am so happy that his party went well and he had so much fun!

Santa Cruz County Fair

We have been going to the fair every year since we have lived in Santa Cruz. Each year as the kids get older the way we enjoy it changes. Now that the kids are older we are able to stay longer and later and ride more rides and they really enjoy checking everything out.
This year both Bella and Charlie were able to ride some of the rides and they loved seeing all of the animals. The mama pig and her liter of piglets were one of their favorites. The highlight for Bella was riding the whale ride all by herself!
The highlight for Charlie was, by far, the tractor parade and getting to see and touch and sit in a digger!
My mom joined us for the first time and she enjoyed seeing the kids have fun too.
What a great day!