Air Hockey

We met up with Ben's buddy Connor on Friday night at a place with games, bounce houses and a jungle gym. Ben had his first experience playing pool and air hockey - fun stuff!

I like to do drawerings!

Today Ben was coloring on his dry-erase board and we asked him if he could draw a face. This is what he came up with. It's his first drawing of something you can truly identify - we were so proud! He went on to draw Mommy, Daddy and Ben, it was so cool! 

Aunt Holly's Birthday!

We had a great time in Columbia for Aunt Holly's birthday. Ben loved seeing his cousins and was totally engrossed in all of their toys. He tried so hard to keep up with the big boys he wouldn't settle down for a nap... that night at dinner he was so EXHAUSTED all he wanted to do was sleep on the floor of the restaurant (yuk!). Ben fell asleep the moment we put him in the car to head back to their house.

AJ was so cute and fun - he liked picking out lots of stories to read together. He was great sharing his toys with Ben and always wanted to know where Ben was. Charlie is such a nice big kid so sweet and caring towards the little guys! Uncle Joe loved playing Wii with Charlie and looks forward to the day Ben can play video games!

Good Morning!

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!