All Aboard!

Ben's latest love is playing with his Thomas train set. Joe likes building these complex tracks and trains are the first thing Ben talks about when he wakes up (besides Curious George - who's beginning to get on my nerves). Anyhoo, he just loves these trains and trains in general. Sometimes I wonder who is having more fun, Joe or Ben. I keep trying to make their tracks smaller - since our house is so small - but Ben and Joe keep adding to them. Guess I'm outnumbered on this one!

New toys!

Ben got this new sensory table and funny shirt from his Auntie and "Tom." He's been playing with the table for a while now - without the sand and water - but since it was such a beautiful day today we broke it out in full force! To say that he LOVED it would be an understatement.  He was completely absorbed in his work and wouldn't even look at me when I said his name. We had a lot of fun and definitely will be playing with it tomorrow!!

Auntie Day-

Aunt Amanda was very sweet to take Ben out one day during her spring break. They went up to the park at the school near our house... and clearly Ben had a great time! He still can't say "Amanda" so he calls her "Auntie" and it sounds extremely cute - - - he adores Auntie and "Tom" (he can say Uncle Tim, but it always sounds more like Tom). Ben LOVES, LOVES, LOVES Tim - the other day he was rubbing his head all over Tim's face totally nuzzling it - it was hysterical considering Ben is not very gentle with most things. 

Chicks Dig Me

Ben had a fun Easter. He wore his "Chicks Dig Me" t-shirt, despite the SNOW! He loved his musical cards from his grandparents and is still enjoying them - he even sings along - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy. He found all of his plastic eggs (with assistance) and promptly opened them and dumped the contents. All-in-all it was a fun day!

Spinning and Singing

Here's a typical night at our house - Ben loves to spin until he's totally dizzy. One of these days he's going to crash into the wall. He also loves to watch himself on the LCD screen of the video camera. It's almost impossible tape him because he's so distracted by the camera.

2-Year Photos

We took Ben for his 2-year photos last night. Thankfully we were with Tim and Amanda who were able to help us manage our wild child (crazy it takes four adults to one kid - he was running around the entire store loving life). Ben wasn't too sure about getting his photo taken at first, but once we let him have his beloved puppy he felt much better. These are the "reject" photos…

Another Snow Day

Ben said it best today, "buurrrrr, snow!" Sunday was 75 degrees - we were loving life, outside at the park without our jackets. . . and two days later it's completely white out!! What's going on?! We took a few minutes to play outside and had some fun in the snow. AND in case our MN friends are wondering, we DID NOT even get cold throat!!

I also forgot to mention at Ben's two-year check up he was 30 lbs. and 35-3/4 inches - about two inches taller than the average two-year-old. He's a tall and skinny guy!