Catching up! Snow Day March 24, 2010

We were so excited when there was enough snow to close the libraries on Wednesday, March 24.  We got ready to go to Wee Creekers and nobody was there!  They ended up being closed too (the first time in their history).  So it turned out to be a fabulous family snow day!
Ben and Oliver and I went out to try to find the sled underneath the three feet of snow.  We dug and dug where I thought we left it and never found it (turns out it was across the yard).  Since we couldn't sled, we decided to build a snow fort there and spent the day in the beautiful sun and then had neighbors over for a spontaneous BBQ.  Ben wasn't as interested in building the fort as we were.  He liked knocking down the walls we were building and climbing and sliding down the walls.  Oliver enjoyed being outside and played in the snow a little and took a nap in the backpack.  What a wonderful day!!

Catching up! Christmas 2009

I have two free hours - can I catch up on four months of blogging??

Christmas 2009

I never reported about Christmas and now I don't remember much.  Ben and Oliver both loved being with family at Aunt Wende's house.  We love it too.  Aunt Wende's house is always decorated so beautifully, so comfortable to stay in, and being with family is wonderful.  Oma Donna and Opa Al were sorry they couldn't be there and sent fruit to let us know they were thinking of us.  Ben ate most of the fruit - not a surprise.
Ben knows who Santa Claus is, but we're still not sure he understood about Santa delivering presents for Christmas morning.  Two photos:  Ben loves Uncle Michael a lot and loved handing out presents. 

Photos!

Tim took mercy on me and uploaded some photos.  These are Easter egg hunt, Oma and Opa and Aunt Tessa visit, and Children's Museum.

And more photos

And these are boys in the bath, Ben feeding Oliver, and Ben dyeing Easter eggs.

ABCs

Here's Ben's version of the ABC song:
"A B C D F and G. Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with MEEE!"

:-)

April updates

- Oliver has 7 teeth now

- Oliver cries a surprisingly large amount. It doesn't seem like he is in physical pain. It mostly seems like he feels neglected.

- We forgot to dye Easter eggs before Easter so we did it the next weekend. Ben dipped each egg in all five colors and declared them "byoofull." He told Tim and me which ones were our favorites. Then he kept going to the fridge to check on them. He would choose one as his favorite for the day and take care of his "byoofull" egg. He would hold it and kiss it and hug it. After a while he would tell me the bird was hatching and asked me to watch the head and feet come out as he peeled the egg.

- We really want to go camping soon but the weather isn't quite warm enough yet. We told Ben it was too cold to camp and he said, "I have good idea! We camp in home!" Then the next day I asked him to go for a walk with me in the stroller and he said, "No, Mom. You walk in home."

- Ben introduces himself to strangers on sidewalks and in stores. "I'm Ben Waggoner! I'm a big boy!" "I'm Ben! I run fast!"

- For some reason, Ben thinks Tim falls down when he runs, so he always asks him if he fell down when he comes in from a run. I was at the school playground with Ben and Oliver and we saw Tim run by on the road. Ben watched him and said in a surprised voice, "He not fall down!"

Nice Easter visit

Oma, Opa, Aunt Tessa, and Great Uncle Roger came to visit over the Easter weekend and we had a very nice time. Ben kept asking them if they were staying. And he would wake Aunt Tessa up by telling her the sun was up.

Oliver loved Aunt Tessa and loved to cuddle with her.

We had an Easter brunch and egg hunt with some neighbors and we went to the Denver Children's Museum.

We finally loaded the software for our new camera so I promise to find time to get some photos sent out.