little cougar

Our little cougar is outgrowing his BYU shirt. He loves playing with digger toys. Anything that moves earth, or sand, or water is right up his alley.

Mothers Day Snow

We had a quiet mother's day. Benjamin was sick and so we both stayed home from church. It was a nice respite. Joseph brought me these beautiful flowers....and can you believe, we had snow.
Ben has had croup for almost 10 days. We finally went to the doctor on Friday. He is getting better, but it's slow and I long for some sunshine and warm weather and to have my boy back. I feel so lucky to have him!
Yesterday before his nap I read him Robert Munsch's "I'll love you forever" (I used to say I wouldn't read that book.) - of course I balled my eyes out. "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be." He's growing up too fast.

Roller blades

The roller skates have been working well enough that tonight Ben wanted to try the roller-blades. He had a ball!

Cake mix

Aldi had a sale on cake mixes last week. $.25 a box. If you know me I love a deal so let's just say I bought several. I was taking them to the basement and Benjamin rescued one saying he wanted cupcakes. (I really wonder how he knows about these things. We haven't had cupcakes since his 1st birthday.) Anyway, I consented and he helped me make them complete with putting the cup cake rapers in the muffin tin. As they were cooking he started singing Happy Birthday to Daddy. I didn't know he knew the song. He amazes me everyday!!!
I tried to get a good picture of he and Daddy eating the spoils but he was upset that his cupcake was gone and that his hands were dirty so he wouldn't smile. Oh well, their both still cute!

New Floor

Check out the new floor. I'm not completely done with grouting under the appliances and touching up the corners. None of the baseboards have been replaced either, but we're that much closer to being done with the kitchen and able to move on to the windows, shutters, basement, crown molding, fence....need I say more?

Oink Oink

We have decided that Benjamin definitely has a sense of humor. Last night at dinner, he ate really well. We had been talking about it and praising his performance. We were finishing up and Joseph handed him a little piece of bread. He put it to his mouth and said oink oink. We both almost fell off our chairs. What a turkey!

Roller Skates

I bought Ben some cheap roller skates this weekend at a church rummage sale on our way to the farm. I thought that maybe I could put some black shoe polish on them and be in business.
Ben has a pair of roller-blades and isn't able to use them though he loves to try. I thought that maybe having these would help him get it. He of course loved them and was surprisingly nimble. He fell a bit, would act surprised and then would jump back up and motor somewhere else.
Check out his outfit. A friend at church bought it for her grandson but it was to small. She gave it to us today. It is way to big for Ben, but he insisted on wearing it and pulled it out of my church bag. The shorts are practically pants. Joseph thought that something about this reminded him of the early 70's. Ha!