Dentist

A few weeks ago Ben and I went to the Duck pond. Benjamin was walking with his hands in his pockets and fell flat on his face. It was a little traumatic for all of us. Unfortunately we noticed that his front left tooth has started to discolor so I quickly found a dentist to visit to get an opinion about the matter. Dr. Greenway was fabulous. He sat Ben down in the chair and pulled out some of his instruments. He took the air tool and blew up this balloon and tied it into a dog. Ben was memorized and an immediate fan. (So was mommy!)
The tooth -- well it unfortunately died. It will stay until his primary teeth come in. Oh well, he's still the cutest kid around! (even thought he wouldn't cooperate for pictures that day)

New Cupboards

Joseph finished our kitchen dishwasher/cabinet project last night. I love having some deep pull-out drawers next to the dishwasher. Don't they look nice? Of course my favorite subject is the little turbo sitting on the counter in the pictures above. Check out the cheesy grin!

New Years Eve Party

On New Years Eve we had Benjamin's three cousins spend the night. We went to a local bounce house during the day, where they had lots of fun and then were going to take them out to pizza in the evening. We polled the children before leaving and they wanted to stay home. So we made pizza, had milk shakes, baths, stories and were in bed by 9 (the adults by 10:30). Not a bad way to ring in the new year.

One horse open sleigh

A few days after Christmas some of Benjamin's preschool class went on a sleigh ride. It was a ball. The day was nice and sunny and just right for a two horse open sleigh. I love his preschool class. The parents are lovely and Ben so enjoys the interaction with the kids.

Dragon

Yesterday we had lunch with Bob the Builder. He likes corn dogs with ranch dressing and pineapple. Benjamin the friendly dragon came for a visit too (emphasis on friendly.) Whenever Mommy get's scared that there is a dragon in the house Ben quickly reminds me that he's friendly.

"My airport is Closed"

Tonight at dinner Joseph was helping Benjamin eat his required amount of food. (We do three bites of the main course and three bites of vegetable to correspond with his age). Anyway Joseph was doing the airplane. Benjamin covered his mouth and insisted "my airport is closed." We couldn't help but laugh.


Earlier today we went to the library and the second hand store in Chittenango. They had a Zurg toy that we quickly acquired. Ben of course loves it and his new belt. It's just like Daddy's and he is so proud.
I couldn't resist the chance to post the two belted boys.
Some other things that I ought to document are the ward Christmas party, Christmas at the farm and my new Christmas Stockings.

Benjamin was a cow in the Church nativity. He was so cute. He came in the chapel and ran to me on the back row and then ran to the stable. His Daddy was the narrator. He was okay with Santa Clause he didn't really cozy up but was willing to sit on his lap. At the farm he didn't want to sit on Santa's lap and in fact asked my father on Christmas day..."Are you Santa Claus? The conversation continued as Benjamin rattled alone something like this "You look like Santa? Do you have a Santa Costume? I have a dragon costume. I like to dress up."

I made Christmas Stocking this year. I really like them. I've looked for years for ones that I like. While we were in Boise I found this pattern and loved them. Four stockings now adorn our living room fireplace.

My parents gave us a pig for Christmas. They we as always very generous and gave us some Christmas books and other misc. things. I loved the delivery method of the pig and thought that I would share. Wrapped in a box was this note.

It reads, Joseph & Diane, I will come to your freezer about Jan 15th. I need to know how you want me cut. We laughed hard. I thought it was clever and of course we'll love the pork.

Finally, I thought that I would post pictures of my boys watching the last BYU football game.
And last but not least this is Benjamin's latest. He lines his crew up to watch the car races. He's got Handy Manny, Jessie, Woody, Buzz, Rumblin Chuck, the Wac-a-moles, Mater & Speed McQueen all positioned and ready for the big race. I was lucky that he willingly looked up for the picture.


More to come soon. Joseph got me a new camera for Christmas so I am working on learning it's ins and outs. Happy new year to all!

All I want for Christmas

Poor Benjamin got an ear infection for Christmas. This morning at 5:00 a.m. he woke us up and was feeling miserable. I got him to fall asleep for another hour but he wanted to sit up by 6. We ended up watching some early morning TV and calling the doctor as soon as they opened at 9. I love our pediatrition and there office. They got us right in and sure enough the left ear looked bad. His right ear was on the way to being infected too. I am thankful for Augmentin. Benjamin responds so well to it. Two hours after the first dose he was much more himself.
He is tired tonight though and just fell asleep. Santa should be coming in an hour or so, so I might wake him up. I'd hate to have him miss the big guy.