Climber

Benjamin is a climber. Need proof? This is today's afternoon activity.....

Snow cave

This weekend Joseph hollowed out two sides of the snow pile down the driveway. It made a lovely igloo and it's nice that Ben can crawl through.

glasses

This weekend Benjamin decided to steal Joseph's glasses. We thought that he looked particularly astute.

Snow shoes

We bought snow shoes for Christmas for the whole family. Late last week we went traipsing through the 3 ft snow drifts in our back yard and in the field behind our house. It felt so good to be outside again. Benjamin navigates really well in them. This week the temp is back in the single digits and we are inside for the time being.

Museum

We recently went to the Science Center in Ithaca. We had a ball. We liked it so well that we went ahead and purchased the membership. Luckily the membership is reciprocal and we can use it at the Most here in Syracuse and in about 100 other children's science museums around the country. Here are some shots of Ben enjoying the water / duck exhibit. My batteries died just after these shots.

the Chase

We were downloading our video's from the flip and I had to share this one. It is older as it was filmed in December, but it is so typical of what happens when Daddy get's home from work. The chase ensues. Daddy and Ben go round and round the natural circle from the kitchen thru the family room into the living room thru the entryway and dinning room and back again. It's hilarious because there is always a lot of pitter patter, calls of "catch me Daddy" and healthy dose of squealing.
This little kido cracks us up!

Winter fun

We went sledding yesterday at a hill in Chittenango. I was amazed at how fearless Benjamin is. He went down the hill like a pro and even went to the biggest hill (reserved for teenagers) and went down it no problem. As we were leaving he saw a snow boarder and said "I want to do that!" Daddy's comment was, "I know, and it's going to cost me 2 lift tickets and a lot of Saturdays."



Our neighbors had the town leave them a mound of dirt and gravel earlier this spring that they thought they would use in their landscaping. Instead it is frozen solid and we have been using it as a mini sled hill. It's nicer this year in that Benjamin will go sledding etc. He still doesn't love the cold. But we manage to have a good time outside.

Daddy and Ben hollowed out this igloo that our neighbors started. In fact it was the catalyst for my idea to take the snow-blower to our back yard. I made a circle and blew all the snow into a pile on top of and around the picnic table. Now Ben climbs up on the table and can slide down the other side. It's not a long track but we've had fun.