Summertime Fun!

Here's what's been keeping us busy this summer - Ben's swimming lessons and T-ball. He had 2 weeks of swimming lessons in July and again in August. He's showing great improvement - he actually will put his head in the water - see below.

Here is Ben getting ready for T-ball. He's doing ok with it. Basically, all kids bat each inning, run all the bases, and no one gets out. So, there's not a lot of competition - which I guess is good for 4-year old T-ball! When Ben is in the field, he does ok -he's more aggressive with getting the ball, but he's not so accurate with throwing it to first base. But he's excited to go and actually participates, so that's always a bonus.

And here is our muscle man. I think he just got done eating a pretty good dinner, so I asked him to show me his muscles... I got a little more ribs than muscles though!

The Donut Saga

Ben thought he was pretty funny eating his donut like this until...

He bit his finger!!! Am I a bad mom that I took this picture while he was crying in pain? (look at Ryan in the background - wondering what the heck just happened!)

Well, he obviously wasn't hurt too bad...

Ben's Love for his Mom

I swear I didn't put Ben up to this. He's definitely a mamma's boy...

Ben's Alter-Egos...

A policeman, race car driver, football player. He can be all those things, right?

Playing with Daddy

Ben loved this game too. I just love Ryan's giggles!

Ryan at 7 months old

Ryan is doing great. He's such a happy baby. It's so easy to get him to laugh and smile. But he also can't sit still for a minute (he gets that from me). He's always reaching and grabbing for stuff and puts anything and everything in his mouth (he doesn't get that from me). Last week, I gave him my finger to chew on and found that he had his bottom 2 teeth already!! No wonder his cheeks were so rosy.

As you can see in the picture, he can sit up on his own. He is also rolling around all over the place. I'm sure it won't be long before he's crawling - and then our life as we know it is over. He's going to give us a run for our money!! But it's ok cuz he's so darn cute... remind me of that when he's getting into everything.

Ben's New Teacher

Some of you have heard this story before, but I wanted to make sure I wrote it down somewhere. Last month, Ben moved to a new classroom with new teachers. Jim and I asked him what his new teacher's name was and he couldn't remember. We asked if he knew what it started with, and he said, "Yeah! It starts with a Miss..." Oh, my precious little boy!