Thanksgiving

This was Tate's third Thanksgiving. We spent it at Chuck's Pawpaw and Mawmaw Johnson's house. In addition to Chuck's grandparents and Chuck, Tate and I, were Chuck's mom and dad and Uncle Randy and Aunt Rita. Tate was mesmerized by all the food.

I tried to get him to try the dressing... but that didn't work out. I just don't know where he could be getting these picky-eater tendencies from????

Besides some baked beans and a roll, Tate wasn't all that interested in food. Forever what he did eat was enough to give Tate a bean msutache.


After lunch there was plenty of fun to be had. Tate took a ride on Chuck's shoulders.

But the biggest hit of the day was his new "piano." Tate earned it by being accident free for 7 consecutive days, at home and day care. I promised him when he made it pee-my-pants-free for a whole week he would get a paino. I'm so proud!

On an outing to our local mall this weekend we stopped for a little play time. As is part of Tate's nature the little squirt found something to climb on.

Then my darling Tate spotted his daddy. We all know these two must have adult supervision.
So back to the story... their eyes met and I knew immediately that something I would not approve of was about to happen.


Tate's a big fan of the cartoon "Little Einsteins." As a result I know all the words to all the episodes because Tate just has to watch them over and over and over again.
I observed the devilish grin on both of their faces and thought: blast off!


And that's just what he did. I'm almost positive my heart stopped for an instant. As you can see from this picture Tate is parallel with the top of bench Chuck is sitting on. SCARY!!!!

But never fear, Chuck caught Tate and the two had a good giggle. Tate climbed on the lion and baled off several more times before moving on to some other form of amusement.

Two of Kind

Like father like son, two peas in a pod, monkey see monkey do, Mini Me, Chuck Jr., I've heard (and thought) them all. Here's an example.

Tate and Chuck like to lounge in bed and watch Phineas and Ferb before bed time.

Tate has an announcement

Tate has something he'd like to share with the class. (Read his shirt.)


Just in case you couldn't read the shirt with Tate in it: