I can't believe how fast Benjamin is growing. I look at him sometimes and wonder where he learned to talk and do the things he does. At his recent Doctor appointment he weighed in at 35 lbs. and was almost 42", which means that he's almost heavy enough for a booster seat in the car and tall enough to ride some of the rides at Sea World and Six Flags without an adult. He knows all the letters and the sounds that they make. He can count to 29. Still loves to watch Curious George and play with his trains but is adventuring out to Toy Story, especially Buzz Lightyear. He loves to make the sound affect noises to movies, and has all the Toy Story ones down to and art. Everything is a spaceship going up in the sky. He also likes to play games, we taught him how to play Go Fish, it's great having a kid who doesn't really know what winning means yet. He also loves playing some bird game on Jon's phone, and is quiet good at it. he's passed a couple of levels for Jon. He can get dressed and put his shoes on by himself, but only when he really wants to. He can pop popcorn in the microwave on his own. He can also ride a bike without any help, except with the training wheels. He loves to try and be a good big brother, but sometimes loving Andrew too much is a little harmful. Being such a good sleeper as a baby, he still is, but we now get to experience "bad dreams" and being "afraid" is a little challenging for me. I have no idea what to do without babying him too much or being mean. He truly is a blessing in our lives and we are grateful he is part of our family. It will be interesting to see what other surprises come our way as we watch him learn and grow. We love you Benjamin!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Benjamin-4years
I can't believe how fast Benjamin is growing. I look at him sometimes and wonder where he learned to talk and do the things he does. At his recent Doctor appointment he weighed in at 35 lbs. and was almost 42", which means that he's almost heavy enough for a booster seat in the car and tall enough to ride some of the rides at Sea World and Six Flags without an adult. He knows all the letters and the sounds that they make. He can count to 29. Still loves to watch Curious George and play with his trains but is adventuring out to Toy Story, especially Buzz Lightyear. He loves to make the sound affect noises to movies, and has all the Toy Story ones down to and art. Everything is a spaceship going up in the sky. He also likes to play games, we taught him how to play Go Fish, it's great having a kid who doesn't really know what winning means yet. He also loves playing some bird game on Jon's phone, and is quiet good at it. he's passed a couple of levels for Jon. He can get dressed and put his shoes on by himself, but only when he really wants to. He can pop popcorn in the microwave on his own. He can also ride a bike without any help, except with the training wheels. He loves to try and be a good big brother, but sometimes loving Andrew too much is a little harmful. Being such a good sleeper as a baby, he still is, but we now get to experience "bad dreams" and being "afraid" is a little challenging for me. I have no idea what to do without babying him too much or being mean. He truly is a blessing in our lives and we are grateful he is part of our family. It will be interesting to see what other surprises come our way as we watch him learn and grow. We love you Benjamin!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Benjamin's 4th Birthday!
I can't believe that we just celebrated Benjamin's 4th birthday on July 25th. We had a little party for him with his friends the day before. He wanted a train theme, and I couldn't help but go away from "Thomas". So I made cute invitations that looked like a ticket, I got the idea off line. I made little goodie bags for everyone out of brown paper bags, with a name tag that had a picture of a train on it. We got ballons and streamers and decorated the table for the kids. I also made a train cake out of cupcakes. I think it turned out well. 
We let all the kids decorate their own train car. Most just ate the candy. We did a little in the caboose to the train game, they played with the train set, and watched a little Thomas the Train. For Ben's birthday with the help of grandparents we got him a swing set. Jon wanted it to be a surprise for the party so a good friend came over and helped Jon set it up, thanks Andy. So I had the job of keeping Ben busy. We went to IHOP for breakfast, then headed
over to a friends house to pick them up to go see a movie at the budget theater -- How To Train Your Dragon. He then went over to his friends house while I finished running some
errands for the party. Over all I think he had a good day. He was a little stinker and wouldn't take a picture with his friends. But there they are: Tyler, Lizzy, Chloe, and Kimberli.
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