Last week at Target I picked up a kit to make a gingerbread house. I’ve only attempted this once in the past and halfway through when the roof fell in for the fifth time I gave up. I was willing to give it another try and with J having an engineering degree and all I figured between the two of us we could figure it out. I told Ben that we were going to make a gingerbread house with little gingerbread men and put candy all over it to which he replied, “No gingerbread man, Ben’s candy.” Yes, he talks in the third person. After convincing him that the gingerbread men…
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A New Baby
Introducing our newest niece and Ben’s cousin, Kylee. We already love her so much and I have a feeling Ben and her are going to be life long friends.
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Ben {22 Month Update}
Dear Ben, Even though this a few days late, better late than never, right? I cannot believe that in just 2 short months I will have a full grown 2 year old. I have a feeling these next 18 years 8 weeks will fly by all too quickly. It’s probably obvious, but no matter how big you get you will always be my baby. With each passing day you become more of your own person. You have likes and dislikes and are not afraid to voice them. You are talking in full sentences more and more. You tell me how the “moon goes night night” that “daddy jumped off the bed” and that you want…
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An Animal Affair: St. Louis Zoo
Since I’ve been such a bad blogger lately, I am just now getting around to posting about our trip to the zoo two weekends ago. I had been nagging asking J to go to the zoo since Summer, but let’s face it, 95 degrees and animal droppings do not sound like fun. As it turns out our procrastination paid off and we just happened to have one last weekend where it was 70 and sunny. We seized the opportunity and off to the St. Louis Zoo we went. Oh, look it’s a monkey. Wait, what is he doing….. Just enjoying a little snack that he pulled from his rear end! That’s right.…
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Too Cool For School
On the way home from preschool today I turned around to look at Ben and saw this. He’s awesome.