Family Fun Fair and Magic House

Last weekend Ben had a great time at the Family Fun Fair - he was really into it this year. He especially loved the slide and went down about 500 times!

Later in the week we went to the Magic House. He had a blast playing "Bob the Builder" with the truck, hard hats and blocks. He also played with the doll house for a long time - he loves this kind of imaginative play these days! Last winter he could've cared less about the doll house, so it was fun to see the difference between last winter and this summer.

ME WANT COOKIE!

Actually, it was an ice cream sandwich, but to say he enjoyed it would be an understatement.

New Toy

Ben made himself at home in the box for our new microwave - he takes his blanket, buddies and flashlight in there. Why DO we buy these expensive toys for him when he's perfectly content with a box?!

Grandad's hat-

We survived pink eye and the fever for five days! Nothing really new - Ben has been talking up a storm and puts together as many as 8-10 words at a time. He wants to do everything by himself ("Ben do, Ben dooooo!").

We were at Bebe and Grandad's house last night when he spotted all of Grandad's hats hanging up - "I can't reach them" - (also one of our favorite lines, it sounds like he's from Ireland or something).

Lake of the Ozarks

We took a Willis/Maddi family vacation last week and despite the pink eye (Ben) had a great time!

Outdoor playgroup-

Today we went to Ben's friend, Connor's house for playgroup. We had a great time playing outside with bubbles, t-ball and the water table. Ben had the MOST fun on the toy 4-wheeler that was battery powered - he was a terrible driver, crashing to everything in his way. It was a riot. He also loved popsicles for snack! What a fun morning!

Goats and Train

I took Ben to the Zoo on Sunday so Joe could have the morning off (he's doing the same for me this weekend!). We went to the Children's Zoo for the first time and had a blast. He loved petting the goats and kept rubbing them with is face (yuk!) as seen in the above pic. He does that if he sees a photo or picture of an animal in a book - he also does it to Uncle Tim - one of his #1 guys! I guess it's like a hug or kiss. 

We tried to ride the train at the Zoo, but they don't allow strollers on the train and I couldn't leave it since I was by myself. SO, later in the day we took Ben on the MetroLink to get coffee near the university. Ben was completely silent the entire ride - loving every moment in absolute awe. We'll definitely do that again!