I have started getting Chanler to help me with daily activities. So far he loves to help me "dump" ingredients when we are cooking. He is also very proficient at "setting the table". This picture was taken after Chanler had finsished setting up for dinner. Please note the only thing I did was put the orange juice on the table - everything else is exactly where Chanler placed it.

The best part is the running commentary while things get put on the table. . . "one a mommy, one a daddy, one a Chanler" for each item as he places it.

Cute things Chanler says that I want to remember

Hopper Copper = Helicopter
Me-iz = Music
Hummus = Hippopotomus (and also Hummus the dip)
Groll-a = Gorilla or Granola depending on context
Dip = anything that looks like sour cream
Smile = take my picture
Easy Buster = Don't ask me, Scott got him to start saying that
Drive Drive = I want to drive the car
Fake is = Fix it
Spicy (or mul-spicy) = any kind of vitamin
Snuggy = snuggly (from Good Night Gorilla . . ." and they all got snuggly)
I fine = Said with a grimace when any apparel goes over his head
Coffees = Said any time we go to Starbucks

I taught Chanler how to peel a mandarin orange last week. Now all I hear is "peel it; oranges?"

He is actually quite adept at peeling. I start the top for him and he can do the whole (very small) orange. It is quite cute to see how proud he is of this accomplishment.

We had lasagne for dinner, and Chanler decided to call it ahnga - too funny! How did he know there is a 'g' in there?

Ahnga? More?

Chanler has a Doodle Board which he loves to have mommy and daddy draw for him. His usual request is for a "choo train". When I am in a good mood I will draw many trains over and over. Each time I draw Chanler a train he then colors over it with the magnetic shapes making the entire screen black. It seems he doesn't appreciate my rendition of the train. Only as he completes his editing he says"night train?" He has made the train run in the dark, so it must therefore be a night train . . . hrm.