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Just a cute pic worth posting!

Bummer Halloween

Joe got the dreaded stomach bug last night, so Ben and I were on our own for Halloween tonight. At first he wouldn't wear his costume, but the more kids who came to the door, the more interested he was in dressing up (he wouldn't wear the pants, though).Ben loved handing candy out and was happy visiting the two neighbors we went to see. 

I was hoping he would tell his joke "KnockKnockWho'sThereBooBooWhoPleaseDon'tCry." But Ben wasn't in the mood. He does the entire knock-knock and says it so fast you can barely follow along - it's really funny. We're not even sure where he learned it, no one seems to know.

We both missed daddy this year... and hope he feels better soon! He asked me "Where's daddy, mommy?" about 500 times.

Jack-O-Lantern

We carved our first  pumpkin with Ben the other night. Ben and I took care of the guts and Joe carved the pumpkin. He really wanted his own knife to carve his own pumpkin - but we're thinking 2-1/2 is just too young for knives... call us crazy. He was very excited to see it glow when we were all done.

It's the Great Pumpkin!

We had a great, fall day at Pumpkinland last weekend. Ben had his first hay ride and we had a picnic by Creve Coeur Lake - a fun time was had by all!

Candy Land

Ben's old enough to play a few games and it's so much fun. We bought Candy Land and he seems to love it. He totally "gets it" and likes moving his guy (always the yellow one) around the board. Just wait until he can play Sorry, Yahtzee and Sequence - he's going DOWN...

Ring Around the Rosy & Dress Up

Ben loves to sing Ring Around the Rosy and when he saw this statue of kids in a circle he instantly began singing and wanted to play. They must sing a lot at his new school because he's got a bunch of new songs he likes to sing. Including my favorite, "One, two, Cha, Cha, Cha!" complete with arm moves.

He's also really into dressing up at the moment. We bought him this helmet he loves wearing around the house (and at Grandad's birthday celebration). He's going to be a fire fighter for Halloween and we can barely keep the costume off of him...

New Train Table!!

We tested out Ben's new custom-made train table at our playgroup today. It was a HUGE hit with the kids and moms. Grandad made this awesome table for Ben that fits on the top of our coffee table. Everyone approved - tossing around words like "genius," and "better than Pottery Barn," and "wish my dad could do that." I think you'll have about five orders coming in, dad.

What can we say?! We're lucky!

Not to mention, Joe made the PERFECT track. But, I'm afraid you'll have to tidy it up tonight - the track didn't really weather the storm...