Charlie & Co.: September 2013

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Partying with our Neighbors!

We are so blessed to have such great neighbors! We all moved in to our new houses within a month of each other. We instantly found new friends! We were fortunate enough to celebrate Max and Lincoln's birthday with them yesterday. We went to Zero Gravity, played ping pong, opened presents, had a great dinner and yummy cake.

Thank you Thank you Thank you for a great night, great friendships, and being a great neighborhood support system!

Emily on the left, Max and Linc on the right

Tim's sweet moves on the trampoline basketball court

Go Charlie!!

Emily, Max, and Drew waiting in line for the foam pit

Alisa and Charlie havin' a blast

We love you little guys!!

Ready to blow out the candles

Opening presents

The boys were given new trucks and a Barnes and Noble gift card from the neighbors!

And new roller blades from Mom and Dad

Happy Birthday to our Big Boys!

Maxwell and Lincoln turn 4!

Opening presents in front of Dad before he had to leave for work

Skylanders!!

Max and Lincoln spent their birthday with Mom at the Children's Museum.

Havin' a blast!

Lincoln the construction worker

Linc the doctor working on Max's tummy

Dinner at Red Lobster!

Can't believe it has been 4 yrs with these lil guys!

Linc talking to Daddy on the phone because he couldn't be with us.

Blowing out the candles, wishing for another great year!

We Walk, Cancer Runs!

Light the Night Walk 2013. Quite the emotional night for the Olson family. This year we participated, carrying gold balloons, and we were all very aware that we had gold and not white... We attended the Remembrance Ceremony with heavy hearts and we all had the opportunity to add a flower in the vases representing our relationship with Linda (mother, daughter, aunt, Nama etc).

We will continue to do our part, raising awareness and supporting cancer patients. This summer Charlie and our niece Karlie raised money by selling homemade bookmarks, cookies, and lemonade. We are so proud of both of them!

Before the walk, we were able to celebrate Max and Lincoln's bday with Aunt Emily, Uncle JP, and cousins at Pizza Luce. It was a great way to start the night.

Gardening gloves and pjs for the boys.

Being in the garden reminds the boys of Nama and her flowers

Linc and Avery spreading the love

Nama's babies

Happy Birthday sweet boys!

SO PROUD!

Charlie raised $56 and Karlie raised $100

handing in his money to the Light the Night volunteer

The Whittingtons and Olsons

We love you Nama!

We saw Spiderman!

Linda's kids

"I'm walking for Nama!"

Karlie and her Uncle Tim

Max, Claire, and Linc

TEAM LINDA

Uncle Tim and Claire Bear

We submitted Linda's picture for the photo show before the walk.

Seeing the picture appear brought tears to my eyes immediately.

We miss you Nama so much!

Gold balloons for those we have lost.

Red balloons for supporters.

White balloons for survivors.

Charlie and Lincoln walking to support Nama

Getting ready to send our balloons up for Nama.

We will never forget your fight. We will never forget your love. We will never forget...

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Week # 32 TRUTH

the sad truth is that I don't have babies anymore. all 3 of the boys are now in school and I have no idea where time has gone. so proud of them and so excited to watch their dreams come true.

Week # 31 PRETEND

star wars + squinkies + charlie = entertainment

the things I hear when he thinks no one is listening...

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Charles T. enters First Grade!

First grade, here I come! Charles T. was so ready for his first day of school that he got up early, drew his teacher a picture of the school, ran into my room yelling "1st day of school today Mama!". I was nervous all morning that we would have tears and anxiety. It was the exact opposite! I was so proud of him BUT there were tears, from Mom! So the bus pulls up, Charlie takes a deep breath, gives me a hug, walks up the bus stairs, turns around and smiles so big it reached his big brown beautiful eyes, then grabbed his seat, and blew his Mama a kiss out the window. Words can't explain how I feel about this little boy that stole my heart 6 years ago. My cup runneth over Charles Timothy!