Egg

We went grocery shopping today. I was selecting some cheese and turned around to put it in the cart and there was Ben covered with egg. He was in the basket part of the cart and apparently wondered what he could make the egg do. I didn't see it happen, my guess is that he thought it was a ball and tried to throw it. I wondered what to do next because the egg had leaked down to the floor and made a mess. Luckily a employee was in close proximity. I didn't want anyone to slip and fall.

One other quick story. Today Ben wanted to call Daddy at work and asked him to bring home a bone for woof (his stuffed dog) and a map. True to his word Daddy walked in with both. Ben was thrilled! He immediately fed the bone to woof and put the map in his backpack (affectionately known as backy.) Ben is looking at the map in the picture. The map was a Daddy original that marked home, irk (work), the zoo, and grandma's house.

We sure love this little boy. He makes us laugh hard!

Retraction

We were apparently to fast in stating that the TV didn't work. After we unloaded the entertainment center and took the TV downstairs we plugged it in just for kicks, and to our surprise it worked. I guess we got a new TV for the basement out of the deal. Benjamin is off the hook.

Overalls

I came up with a way to keep Ben from taking his diaper off. --Overalls.
He looks so cute in them that I had to post his picture.

He likes that he has funny pockets.

Hair cuts

Doesn't Benjamin look sharp?
For FHE we did haircuts last night. Ben is getting really good at sitting for a haircut. He is learning that he has to pay the barber with a kiss, and loved his pop-sickle that he got for being such a good big boy.

Febreze

Oh where do I start?
I have been frantically working on a photo book as winkflash is having a sale that ends Thursday. Of course I wait until the last minute to upload and arrange pictures. As a result Ben has been feeling the brunt of Mommy being busy.
Yesterday he was watching Diego (his new favorite) He still likes boots, but now requests Diego. He came to me without his pants and diaper on. We have been having that issue lately. When he has to go he takes off his diaper. Usually I whisk him to the bathroom but yesterday I thought, oh I have a minute and tried to finish a page. Big mistake. Next I knew he was saying poopie and I knew he had done his business in the family room. That got my attention. We went to the bathroom changed the diaper and I grabbed the Clorox wipes and set out to investigate the damage. As we were leaving the bathroom Ben picked up the bottle of Febreze. I thought that was probably harmless and to appease him let him have it. I now know that the trigger is very easy. (Isn't hindsight fabulous?) As I cleaned up the poopie Benjamin walked around "eliminating the odors in our fabrics, carpets, and air," as well as our woodwork, tile, walls, entertainment center, and TV. He somehow sprayed the controls on our TV and short circuited the blasted thing. Who would have thought that the small little spray bottle and one very fast small little toddler would have covered so much ground.
After I finished cleaning up his first mess I found Ben glistening, completely wet in the kitchen in a pool of febreze. He was smiling. He always seems to say "Hi Mommy", when I stumble upon him doing something that he probably shouldn't.
I will say I handled everything well. He did have to sit in timeout later in the day for climbing the computer hutch. Yes, he's a climber.
Tonight we are going to pick up a TV posted on Craigslist. It's a flat screen and a little bigger than our old one. I wonder what it's fate will be?

Band-aides

Ben is loving his Buzz light-year band-aides. He has a owiee on his hand but prefers to wear the band-aid on his sweater. He insisted that we go to church with it.

Deals

I am posting these pictures for the benefit of my sister-in-law in Utah. She shares my love of decorating and finding deals. These pictures are our guest room and our bedroom. The last ones are our newest discovery, I found the dressers at a thrift store this week for less than $50 each. Initially I thought that I would paint them, but I like the black so I might touch them up black paint. They will complete the new baby room.
Yesterday, Joseph finished the pantry closet in the kitchen. We are now ready for the demolishion phase of our kitchen re-do. We will take out part of a wall and the floor next. We were just remarking that we have a long to do list. Joseph just recently started putting expected completion dates next to the items on the list.....it's too bad that the list keeps growing exponentially.