Ryan's Visitors... so far

Molle's Mom and Dad

Auntie Jill

Uncle Charlie

Cousin Elizabeth (with her fake glasses)

Cousin Lily

Jim's Mom & Dad

Big Brother Ben

As you can see, Ben is determined to make his brother laugh or smile. It hasn't worked yet, but I'm sure he won't stop until it does. And when it does, I know Ben will only want to do it more!!

Meet Ryan

Baby Polzin's Nursery

Here are some pics of the baby's nursery. It's very bright, but hopefully calming. Each picture on the wall is a letter from the alphabet - obviously we couldn't fit all 26 letters. Grandma Mostek found the comforter for the bed which matches the room great! So yes, we can still have visitors - and you won't have to sleep with the baby if you stay with us. We'll put the baby in our room!

Ben's Room

For those of you who haven't seen Ben's car/truck-themed room, here are some pictures of it. I was taking pics of the nursery, so I decided to document this phase of Ben's room too.

Quilt and pillow case made by Grandma Polzin. Those are real pictures of Ben's cars on the quilt and a picture of Ben on the pillow case. Ben now only wants to sleep on that pillow - not the one with a regular pillow case on it!

Ben singing "Ho! Ho! Ho!" (a day care song)

More Christmas Presents

Ben's helicopter from G'ma and G'pa Mostek. They also got him the Policeman uniform below. Ben was writing out tickets and locking people up left and right!

Ben's Christmas Checklist

Here's what it takes to ensure that Santa stops at your house and brings you presents - according to Ben.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We missed you all!

Our Christmas

Christmas Eve - Ben got a puppet show from us. He really enjoyed putting on shows for us. Although, a lot of the characters ended up being killed by the other one!!

All dressed up in our Christmas Best. This was right after church on Christmas Eve.

Ben eating some of Santa's cookies.

Ben's cookies, milk and note for Santa.

Christmas morning - right after Ben got up (as if you couldn't tell that).

Ben's presents from Santa - a Lego fire station, transporter truck and computer (so Ben can work just like his dad).

Ben's Ambulance

Ben got one of the many emergency vehicles he asked for from Grandma and Grandpa Polzin. Do you think he's stopped playing with it yet? Nope.

The Polar Express

Last weekend, Jim, Ben and I took a trip on the Polar Express to the North Pole to see Santa, Mrs. Clause and their elves. If you've ever seen the movie, this was very similar. We started on the east side of Sun Prairie where Ben met Mrs. Clause and got an authentic Polar Express "train" ticket. The Conductor yelled "All Aboard!" and punched Ben's ticket. Then we all loaded on the bus and drove to the "North Pole" (the Westside Community Center) to meet Santa and his elves. The elves were all decked out and greeted us at the door. They had hot chocolate, cookies and a goodie bag for us. Ben sat on Santa's lap and told him about all of the firetrucks, police cars and ambulances that he wants, and then Santa gave him a bell (just like in the movie). We then did a craft and hopped on the bus to go back home. It was a fun day - although our smart little boy questioned why the North Pole was in the same building where he goes to his music class!! You can't pull anything over that kid!

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Here's Ben's rendition of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

National Night Out - August 2009

This is an annual event our city puts on where people can tour all the emergency vehicles (firetrucks, police cars, ambulances, etc.) As you probably guessed, this is Ben's dream!!

Here's a related story that just happened the other day. After watching one of Ben's Fireman movies, Ben said, "Mom, I want to be a Fireman when I grow up - just like Dad." I chuckled and told him that his Dad is not a Fireman. So, he said, "Then I want to be a Policeman."

Our Little Comedian

You may have heard some of Ben's "jokes." So, you'll understand when I say, that's the not the funny part of this video. What makes me chuckle is how heartily he laughs at his own jokes (kind of reminds me of his dad!!).

Our Singing Sports Fan

Here's Ben singing "On Wisconsin" with his dad. We've got to do a little more practicing, but I think he knows the words better than I do!

Some Pictures of Ben from this Summer

These 2 pictures are courtesy of Jill. I love Ben's smiles!
This was taken at the Madison Children's Museum. Ben had a blast there.

A couple of stories

Last week, Grandma Mostek was watching Ben. She took him to Aunt Jill's house to visit their new puppy. Ben's not a big puppy lover and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it. So my mom - trying to be a trouble maker for me - asked Ben if he wanted a puppy too. But Ben, trying to trump his cousins said, "No, I'M getting a baby!" Take that, Lily and Elizabeth!!
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I thought Ben had baby intuition. For the longest time, he said that he was going to have a sister. He named her Lucy - which we had no idea where that name came from (he doesn't know any Lucys). He even told his teacher and his friends about his baby sister, Lucy. We started to get a little worried that he'd be disappointed if we actually had a boy. So, I thought there had to be something to that. That maybe kids can sense these things.

As I was telling someone about Ben's baby intuition, I asked him, "So Ben, what are you going to have - a baby brother or sister?" expecting the response to be a sister. Well, he said he was having a baby brother - Sam. Today, he told Jim that he was having a baby brother, but this time he was naming him - Tom (cuz that's what Grandma Mostek said the name was). So much for intuition...