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Ben turned 4! We had a small family party for him with a robot theme. Ben was super cute, as much as he enjoyed his presents he really lit up when we sung Happy Birthday to him.
A couple days after Ben’s party, my dad and Leslie came in to visit from MA. It was nice to spend some time with them and celebrate a second birthday for Ben.
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School’s been going great for Ben, he has a bunch of little friends that he talks about. It’s kind of hard to get any info out of him so I have to dig and ask “what song did you sing today?” or “what was your favorite project you worked on?” He’s learning everything from days of the week, weather predictions, how to be a friend and the letters in his name with LOTS of play, singing and books. He has been pretty emotional and moody at home, I know school every day it a lot for him. Overall he’s soaking it up and doing great though. He’s been extra snuggly too which is always nice :) So fun to see him learning new things!
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It’s been a few months since her monthly updates, I wanted to share a little bit of what Miss Cassidy has been into. Besides, everything. Cupboards, the fridge, the toilet, all her brother’s toys…the girl doesn’t sit still. She walks really well now and only plops on her butt when she picks up speed and her legs can’t keep up with her.
Says a bunch of words including daddy, mommy, Ben, ball, kitty, up, yes, ducky, bear, bye, hi, cup, this, that, bus and baby. She knows a lot of animal sounds when you prompt her. What does a kitty say (meow), doggy (woof woof), cow (moo), sheep (baaa). Although giraffes, horses and zebras all say “baaa” too :)
She gives open mouthed slobbery kisses if you ask for “kiss kiss.” Signs “more” and “all done” and knows where her tummy and head are. She loves opening books and flipping through pages, babbling a story as she goes along.
And you also probably saw on my facebook about her tub escapades. If you didn’t, here is what I posted: Welp, Cassidy pooped in the tub, tried to eat it, screamed bloody murder when i pulled it out of her mouth (yes she got that far that fast)…while Ben flipped out the entire time in the hallway that he needed a bath too because he was sweaty and stinks.
Ben also tried to “Tom Sawyer” her and convince her that one toy was SO much more fun than the one she was playing with. He wanted the toy she had so badly, but she’s a clever little one and wasn’t convinced at all. He even tried throwing her a ball to distract her so he could swoop in and steal the toy, but she picked that toy right up and strutted into the other room with it. Ben sat quizzically staring at her, realizing he had to up his game so he proceeded to take the toy anyway and inform her that she “needed to share.” So Cassidy bit him. He screamed, I comforted him. Scolded her and told her “No bite, ouch!” She screamed. 5 minutes later they were back to playing nice. This is my day with them, every day ;-)
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Summer has come and gone, but I wanted to share pictures from our August trip to my mom and Paul’s cottage.
We invited some friends and their kiddos so there were babies everywhere!
Campfires with friends are the best!
Ben had his first ride on the jetski too! He actually surprised me and did a lot better than I thought he would. They slowly buzzed around shore and then headed out on a little adventure to a secret cove where Ben picked up a neat rock. (And then lost it a few hours later).
There was also a bit of nice down time.
My mom and Paul’s neighbors had “Clamorama” the night before. A yearly end of summer celebration with, you guessed it, lots of clams. The tent was still up so they let us use if for our meals, perfect.
I told Justin and Kate to “smile nicely” and got this lovely memory.
Such a good time. Until next year, here’s to you summer!
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Ben started PreK this week, he was so excited and ready! He goes Monday through Friday in the morning for a few hours. The first day I actually went in class with him to meet his teacher and get acquainted with the room. When I told him it was the day he started school he looked at me with a big grin and asked “I’m bigger now?” He was Mr. Silly, so giggly and wiggly the first day…he should calm down a bit as he gets used to the routine of things though. He’s already made a few friends and talks about what they played with and the little activities they do. It’s cute, getting the bits and pieces of his day out of him.
There has been one instance of “I don’t want to go to school tomorrow.” He was particularly tired one night before bed and had a boo boo on his tongue (from biting it). Just kind of emotional, but he seemed better in the morning and was ready to go again.
Cassidy and I have kept busy, going to the Y and running errands. If she’s woken up exceptionally early, she gets a nap while Ben’s at school and I’ve *gasp* actually gotten a few things done! The one morning after dropping him off she looked over at his empty car seat and said “Uh oh, Bah Bah” so she did notice her big brother was gone.
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Since Ben starts school next week (ok, it’s only PreK but still) I wanted to do something special with him. I dropped Cassidy off with our babysitter in the morning and we headed to Tim Hortons to get donuts. A sprinkle one for Ben of course. He was calling them “sparkle” donuts for a while and then told me he picked one with “sprinks.” Cutest thing ever. We had to do a few lame errands while we were out (gas and bank) but then went to the store to pick out a big kid sized backpack for him.
Then we headed to Seabreeze! It’s like a smaller Six Flags, I’d only been once back in college. My freshman year, each college at RIT (art, engineering, science, etc) sent their incoming students on a field trip their first week of orientation. Science college went to the zoo, engineering college got somewhere lame (I don’t remember what) and Imaging Arts went to Seabreeze. Gosh, that was 10 years ago!
Ben had a blast! We stuck mostly with the kiddie rides (he wasn’t tall enough for a lot of the other ones). We did the bumper cars, kiddie airplane and boats, train ride, carousel, kiddie swings and mini roller coaster. We even did the log ride, I was SO proud of him for wanting to try it. I was slightly terrified, you’re not buckled in at all so when you get lift as you’re coming down I was holding on to Ben with one arm and the log with the other ;-) I’m normally all for thrill rides, but not when I’m the only one holding my kid in! He thought it was the coolest thing ever. Then there was the wave pool, splash park and kiddie sized water slides. We had a picnic lunch and got ice cream cones too.
It was such a fun, memorable day with him. I only took one picture the entire time but don’t regret it at all, I was so caught up in the moment with him that it seemed silly to try to get a ton of pictures. Totally guilty of doing this on other outings…quick, lets pose so we remember this instead of wholly experiencing the moment we’re in.
Fantastic day! Ben still talks about that “wood” (log) ride and how wet we got :)
