My car

We had a bit of a scare this morning. Joseph kissed me goodbye for work (I was still in bed, as Ben had a difficult night last night.) Within 30 minutes Joseph was back at my side. I was slightly groggy and slightly confused to see him again so soon. He said, "I wrecked the car". Fortunately, no-one was hurt. He was about 2 miles from home. The slope of the road changes at the intersection that he slid around on and he was in a hurry. He did a 360 and ended up in the ditch. We hated the $160 tow charge but feel grateful that he was okay and recognize it could have been much much worse. Our families have been so kind. I emailed pictures, and almost everyone has called or responded online showing that they care. Families are the best!!!

My favorite words

Benjamin has started really talking. He says some very funny things.
I especially like it when he says:
more...when we are eating dinner
good...he says it like goud
buggers...it is just plain hilarious
Hi.....He is quite social, when we walk down the driveway to get the mail, he waves to passers by. When he is going to bed, as a stall tactic he will get right in my face, smile and say Hi. So cute.
Work....He says it (irk) Daddy's at work
I even like the no, no mommy, probably because he is so cute and I waited so long to hear Mommy.
In this picture he discovered that he could walk with the Lincoln logs can and the tinker toys can on his feet. What a turkey.

License Plate

Lately when Ben goes to the garage (which happens to often since he can now open the back door) he has been playing with an old license plate and trying to put it on the truck. He decided yesterday that he needed it on his car....so now we have taped to his car an official NY license plate. He likes being official and is proud of his license plate.

House Tent

I scored big points today and felt like a cool mom. Our neighbors gave us a tot-tent that we have set up periodically in the basement. It has several tunnels to crawl through and the main tent that is really quite roomy. I set it up in the living room and Ben loved it. Points for creativity.

Stall Tactic

Benjamin has a new stall tactic for bedtime. He is appealing to his daddy and saying football and pointing to the TV. Joseph tried to tell him that it wasn't football season anymore but last night Ben insisted. He has continued to talk about football this morning as he is watching Mickey Mouse Club house. He is so cute he talks about Mickey the mouse, and Dora and of course Boots. He is convinced that Swiper took his ball.
Last night we spent 45 minutes playing hide and seek. He loves to hide and pop out and say Boo. Daddy loves to hide behind the island and pop out saying boo also. He scares me every time. Benjamin screeches and laughs and is oh so funny.

Indoor Snowmen

Tonight for Family Home Evening we built snowmen out of marshmallows. Benjamin was so proud of his creation. It looked great. He loves to eat marshmallows. We quickly discussed family prayer. Ben used to kneel and fold his arms well. Now not so much. Hopefully the marshmallows will be a good reminder and help us kneel better.

New Beginning

I swore that I wasn't going to get into this blogging thing. I can make a list of 10 great reasons not to as well as a list of 10 reasons to. So, I'm joining the tech world and probably privately for a while going to post. Today Benjamin painted for the first time. We bought some watercolors and spent the afternoon doing art projects. Ben loved it. I think that he loved having a project and loved spending time with Mom. We had a great time! We are so lucky to be his parents!