The past 2 days we’ve been hunkered down at home while it snowed 10 inches. So what did we do during our snow day? I became quite the Lego builder. Ben got really good at practicing sight word cards he found in my work bag. We painted our hands for a Valentine’s Day craft. Jack played with almost every toy he owns. And then he helped me do some laundry. Or created more by chewing on it. When it was time for me to get some work done, Ben entertained himself with some new Wii U games and Jack entertained himself by watching Ben play. Not pictured is me shoveling…
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A Brothers Love
One of my greatest fears when I was pregnant with Jack is that I would somehow be ruining Ben’s life. Dramatic much? I know. Ben would no longer get my undivided attention and we would be brining home a baby who would require a lot. The baby was going to take a lot of our time, our love, Ben’s old playroom would be the new baby’s room, and we would no longer be able to leave the house at the drop of a hat. A few days after bringing Jack home, I curled up in bed with Ben and attempted to read a bed time story. Not even one minute…
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5 on Friday
Happy Friday! Let’s get to it. One. I stumbled across this blog a week or so ago and can’t stop thinking about Kilee’s hair. I love the style, ombre coloring, everything! It doesn’t hurt that she’s also so freakin cute. I want to get my hair cut like this and try the ombre look again, but probably a little more subtle. Two. I am loving colored skinny jeans on Jack. I ordered him a red pair from Baby Gap this week when they were having an additional 50% off sale items online. Three. My friend got Ben this Ninja Turtle bath towel for his birthday and it is so soft. If I…
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A Lego Themed 5th Birthday
Ben is definitely my child. He began thinking about the theme for his 5th birthday months in advance. We went through a long list of contenders… Ninja Turtles, Regular Ninja’s, Scooby Doo, Superheros, Avengers, the list goes. But as the months drew closer, it become clear that Legos would be the official theme. In the past 6 months I’ve stepped on hundreds of them in the middle of the night and J’s wanted to simultaneously cry and cuss while trying to put together a car with 1,000 tiny pieces. This was the first year the party wasn’t at our house and the first year that he’s invited people other than…
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5 Years.
Our wild, smart, funny, lovable Ben. Today you are 5 years old. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since you completely changed our lives. This past year you’ve grown and changed so much. You still love to learn and ask all the questions. You excel at writing, coloring, and drawing and you love art and doing projects. There is always several pieces of art in your cubby when I pick you up from school. You are starting to read sight words, and can count well past 100 although you mysteriously manage to leave a whole section out when playing hide and seek 🙂 I know how excited you are…