Gettin' Ready-

We've been doing a lot of painting, organizing and cleaning around 811. We're hoping to get our house on the market sometime this summer! SO, Ben wanted to join in the action and help with the painting (even though he had water and a brush he still had a great time)!

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Quote of the day: "Mommy, can you help me find the "lossing" lego visor?" I love how he calls something that is MISSING "lossing." Cracks me up and I know it will slip through the cobwebs if I don't write it down.

Meet Cuckoo Clock

Ben and I have been doing a lot of yard work today and he was so happy to find a "friend." Let me introduce the lovely Cuckoo Clock the caterpillar. This is Cuckoo Clock II - he found the first Cuckoo Clock this past weekend but wouldn't let me take a picture. He wants a pet so badly or a "friend to live with him" so Cuckoo Clock will fit the bill. He reminds me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon "I'm gonna love him, hug him, pet him and squeeze him and call him George."

We got this awesome planet frog case from Aunt Melissa... but we have been filling it with our backyard buddies until we order our tadpole. Also in the case are "Alvin, Simon and Theodore" the snails. We're having a lot of fun with this :) Thanks GREAT Aunt M...

What we've been up to-

Birthdays...

Our dear cousins Charlie (10) and Maggie (1) share the same birthday. So we had two weekends of parties. Let's just say that Charlie ate his cake much more civilized than Mags... but they both had a ton of fun.

Strep Throat...

Ben also got his first case of strep throat. Poor guy was really sick. But, we found a cure - frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and sprinkles.

Zines...

Ben has been drawing and writing these cool little zines. Oh how I love them! He says they are Lego Star Wars and he reads the stories to us.

Sunday Afternoon Joy Ride

Grandad took Ben on his first ride in the convertible. When my dad took the top down Ben said "I've never seen it change before!" He told me they went really FAST...

But he got a little annoyed with me taking so many pictures. He's getting too cool for mom to snap so many pics. Well, I say too bad!!

Swimming Lessons-

It's hard to get good photos, but Ben started swim lessons last week. He LOVES them and told me he wants a trophy... hmm.

4-year Doctor visit

Today was Ben's 4-year well visit to his pediatrician. He's 38-1/2 pounds and 41-1/2 inches tall. I think we made quite the impression today - Ben's fingernails were filthy (from playing in the driveway before our appointment - of course I didn't notice until we got there), he had pink and blue ink stamps all over his arms / hands / legs / feet (a present in his Easter basket), his underwear were on backwards and he called his doctor a "silly sausage*." Thankfully our ped. has a great sense of humor and said Ben was in perfect health and a great, funny kid - phew!

*In Ben's defense we had been talking about the alphabet. His doctor's last name starts with an "S" so we were listing "S" words... strawberries, sausage, shoes, silly, sun, etc. But it was a little embarrassing not having the doctor know the whole story...

Two happy grandkids

Need I say more?