The Lederman Kitchen

Charlie turned 6 months old on the 22nd!  How is it possible that he is half way to a year old?  Happy Half Birthday Charlie! This was another busy month for us, and Charlie hit some fun milestones.  Once he figured out how to master rolling from his belly to back, he started rolling all over the place.  We can't keep him still.  He is able to pivot on his belly and is trying so hard to figure out how to get up on his hands and knees at the same time.     Catch me if you can  My favorite part about this month is Sydney's ability and excitement around making Charlie smile and laugh. Without fail, if she starts jumping or crawling around, Charlie burst out in laughter.  I assumed that Charlie would be fascinated with Sydney but I never expected Sydney to be so amused by Charlie.  She gets a kick out of him doing silly things, like rolling under the table, making funny noises or p...

Sydney's school closes for a 2 week summer break, so we decided to take a road trip up to Bend, Oregon to visit some friends, then head over to Portland to stay with my parents.  The plan was to all drive up, then Brian would drive home to get back to work, and I would stay with the kids a few more days and fly home with them.    My best "mom win" of the trip - Sydney's snack pack She loved this and it provided hours entertainment and food We gave ourselves 2 days to get to Bend.  Without stopping, it's an 8 hour drive.  We went into day 1 hoping to get to Kalamath Falls (6 hours without stops) but with the expectations we may only make it to Redding (3 hours without stopping).   It took us 7.5 hours but we ended up making it to Kalamath Falls.  The kids were troopers.  We stopped for a coffee break around Redding, we stopped when Sydney got car sick just north of Shasta, and for dinner in Wee...