Two Boys and a Gebee

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A Day in the Life of Two Buddies

Though no day is like the next at our house, I thought that I would show you our day today in pictures.

Jamming to music (Old McDonald) in the cardboard castle that Gebee got the buddies for their birthday. The boys are still trying to decide their "style" as they decorate the castle!

Benjamin eating fruit -- yes, they both still love fruit and would eat 3 times the fruit they eat if we would let them!

Ethan patiently waiting for Benjamin to finish lunch (Benjamin takes a very long time to eat). Ethan is sitting in "Brother Wilson's" lap (Wilson was a Christmas gift from Papaw). Ethan told me recently that Wilson is his other brother and needs to sit at the table and ride in the van with us.

I had a conference call with work today. I had to ask (bribe with a trip to the Mayfield Dairy for ice cream) the boys to play quietly for 30 minutes. They did great! Here we are enjoying ice cream and great weather this afternoon.

By the way -- the ice cream was Supercow......for my two superheros!

Hanging out with the Mayfield Cow:

Brian found a small park in our neighborhood that has a flat oval sidewalk that looks like a racetrack. The boys had learned to peddle their bikes here! We spent some time at the racetrack after nap.

Papaw came along -- though he did not bring his own bike!

Oh -- there was also a haircut for the boys (no pictures - sorry). We rounded out the day with Papaw treating us to Mexican at our favorite place!

Benjamin and Ethan's Birthday Party

Last weekend we had a big birthday party for Benjamin and Ethan. We had lots of friends (19 kids and a grand total of 42 people), fun crafts, great weather and snacks. The boys wanted a race car theme and we had race car stuff everywhere!

Here is the sidewalk up to the house:

The "Pit Stop" had checkered-flag Chex Mix, stop-light rice krispie treats, juice (fuel) or water (coolant).

Everyone got a Pit Pass and a race car tattoo at the Registration table.

The tags for the goodie bags:

We colored race car pages and made license plates for our bikes or big wheels.

The cake had a drag strip on it and race cars. Benjamin loved blowing out the candle. Ethan took his time!

Lots of new stuff:

The most talked about gift was the bikes that Papaw gave the boys:

Ethan felt safer starting to ride in the grass -- though it was very hard to peddle.

The boys also got a large (they can both fit in it) cardboard castle to color, Buzz and Woody, a race track, gym bags for their soccer stuff, books, money, race cars, and some outdoor summer toys. It's like Christmas all over again! The boys had so much fun having all their friends over for the party -- Ethan asked me if we could have another party next weekend!

A Few Random Days in March

We ate at a local sport's bar and stumbled on "The Balloon Guy." He entertained the boys by chatting with them and creating Batman and a race car. The boys took great care of their balloons and they lasted for days!

We have been practicing soccer as the season starts soon.

And, leave it to Ethan (Evil Knievel as we call him at times) to discover how fast you can go down the hill on the tricycle.

Our neighbor gave us a Superman costume and the boys love taking turns dressing up!

Benjamin is getting ready to take on the bad guys!

The Deep Water Unit

Yes, that may seem like a strange title for a blog post..... we learned the hard way what a few drops of water on a lap top will do. We had to send my computer to Apple's "Deep Water Unit." (They make it sound like I took my MacBook scuba diving - which I did not!)

But, now I sit on the couch with my MacBook back and fixed -- love those smart Apple dudes!

So now on to the catch up -- This is what my sweet guys did for me on Valentine's Day -- Brian help the boys write on cards for me.

Part (yes only part) of the boys' stash from their Valentine's Day party at school. And, take note that Benjamin made a Valentine for us and wrote his name on it!

These are Benjamin's hands and they are for me to wrap around me so that his hands can hug me anytime! How Cute!

The two red carnations are from the boys and the big vase is from the Mr. I am so glad that I have such considerate guys in my house!

Look for more catch up posts soon!

Yes, we are still here!

Sorry friends it has been so long.....we have several big irons in the fire right now (more to come on those later). But I am back!

About a month ago we took a little weekend trip to visit some friends who just moved to South Carolina. They have a son who is 2 months older then Benjamin and at little guy whose 18 months. The 4 boys had so much fun playing together. Benjamin and Ethan loved driving the jeep!

Here are the 4 cutie pies!

Recently, it has been really warm here and we have taken this opportunity to get some practice in for the up-coming soccer season. I think that the boys both understand that you don't touch the ball and only kick it! It will be a very exciting season as both boys will be playing on the same team. Soccer starts in a mere 3 weeks.

Our cleats (cweet shoes as Ethan calls them) are cleaned and our shin guards are ready to go!

Happy 4th Birthday Benjamin!

Wow! Benjamin, how is it possible that you are already turning 4? It seems like just yesterday I was up all night on February 1st because I knew you were coming the next day and I was so excited to meet you that I could not sleep!

This year has brought so many new and exciting things for you. We have watched in amazement as you have blossomed into a very extroverted, funny and boisterous little boy. You love your family and we often hear you telling us "Remember what I told you? I'll be your best friend." You play so well with Ethan and love being his brother (though there are moments that you remind Ethan that you are the BIG brother and try to tell him what to do!).

You are such a wonderful helper to us and take pride in your work. This year, you have learned to dress your self and even snuck downstairs after your nap and had dressed your self! You have learned to trace all your letters and can write a few letters on your own. You are able to spell and recognize about 30 words (including your current favorite - Batman). You can understand and speak about 60 Spanish words and phrases and are quick to translate for our friends who do not know Spanish!

We love how social you have become! In fact, when we pick you up from school we always hear how helpful you were to new friends in your class and we hear about who your best friend is. You enjoy talking to people any where we are and can hold a great conversation!

Though you eat a lot, you are so active and stay very skinny. Last fall you played on a T-Ball team and had so much fun. You hustled after every ball and loved batting! You would much rather be outside in the yard or at the park then in the house.

We are so glad that you are a part of our lives and we love to see you growing up before our eyes. We are looking forward to seeing what this year holds for you!

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Note: At this minute (7:52 am), 4 years ago, we met Benjamin for the first time!