Boo!

Benjamin likes to dress for the holidays. Here he shows off his scary spider hat!

This pic also shows off his new teeth! There are two more on the way, too!

Our mornings

This is what we do first thing in the mornings these days. Ben stands against the back of the couch and screeches at the dogs while I enjoy my morning cup of joe. It is pretty relaxing, really.

Clowning Around

Nana stopped by last night on her way to the Church`s fall festival.   We were not sure what Benjamin would think, but he was not fooled! He knew it was Nana and apparently is not one of those kids who is afraid of clowns…!

 

Leaves and Pumpkins

Ok. So we took LOTS of pictures this weekend! It was a beautiful fall day and Benjamin was just in a silly, silly mood!

We took a walk around White Lake State Park.  Because our house is surrounded by pine trees, we have to go search for piles of leaves for Ben to play in!

Later on that day, Ben rocked in the rocking chair by himself for the very first time. I think he enjoyed himself!

THEN, on the way to the changing table to get him ready for bed, the photo op of `Ben-dressed-as-pumpkin-sitting-next-to-pumpkin` arose and of course we took it. He was more interested in hugging the soft pillow than mugging for our shots, though.

Sandwich Fair

This past weekend Grandma Hyatt was up, and we took Tala and Kalia on our annual trek to the Sandwich Fair! It was a beautiful day. Very crowded, but beautiful!

Benjamin played Mr Cool, as usual.

He was pretty intrigued by the carousel!

And although big furry things are pretty old hat for Benjamin since we have two dogs that are pretty much in his face all the time, he did enjoy looking at the goats!

Uh oh!

Our world as we know it is about to change, I think.

This is what happened on Sunday evening. Yes, our little munchkin is standing all by himself!

And this was the next morning! Sorry for the blurry pic, but he was rockin` pretty fast!!

Quite a big weekend for the little man!

When Daddy Dresses the Baby II

You can always tell when Daddy chooses Ben`s outfits….

The glow-in-the-dark skeleton shirt is the definite fav in the house these days…

Lady

I know this is Ben`s blog, but these pics are just too much not to share.

Lady, our old dog who is so arthritic she can barely climb a flight of stairs, always seems to get herself into trouble. This weekend, for instance, she managed to fall down into a 4 or 5 foot deep hole that surrounded our new chimney. And, of course, the chimney was covered with waterproofing (roofing tar).

This is how she looked.  Mind you this was 9:00 at night, and in order to get this stuff off of your hands, you wash with gasoline.  We tried a quick wash with soap and the hose, but it was doing no good!

So, we wrapped her up good so that she would not get tar all over the house, and decided to deal with it in the morning.  In case anyone wants to know, a good rubdown of vegetable oil and then a good bath does the trick. Takes a couple of hours, but it works. Hopefully, though, no one will have to use that tip….

Boys with Toys

Ben got some nice new toys… namely a truck, a car, and a plane! Exciting stuff for a little boy!

Of course, the best part about playing with them was smashing them together and watching them flip over…

Mr. Cool

This is actually a post that I forgot to `publish` a week or so ago….

Ben got a cool toy from Jack, our neighbor, and he is finally getting big enough to play with it! You can tell that he is REALLY into driving his car…

He is also REALLY into pulling off his socks these days…

….and gets pretty upset when he can not get them off !