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Just life

Just wanted to share two videos of Ben. There’s nothing really profound in them (in fact they might be kind of boring if you’re not his grandparent, haha). They just show daily life with a recently turned two, talkative little dude. Something I want to remember :)

They also remind me that the rough days are worth getting through ;-)

The busy world of Richard Scarry

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Ben has a few Richard Scarry books that he LOVES looking at. Seriously, he’ll sit there for 10 or 15 minutes (which is really good for a toddler). My brother used to love the books too, pointing at all the cars, little pigs, planes and animals doing their activities. I’m not sure if it’s a boy thing or what, but all the little things going on really seem to keep him interested. It’s quite wonderful :)

Baby Yoda

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Somebody was Yoda for Halloweenie. He even played with the lightsaber I had from when I was a kid.

We went to the Harvest Party our church puts on. Now, I have nothing against Halloween or trick or treating, it’s just that if I were a kid…all the games, activities, slides and bounce houses at the church look like way more fun than walking around in the cold. Not to mention we kind of live on a busy street with no sidewalks. I think the Harvest Party was still a bit too advanced for a two year old (he couldn’t really play any of the games and seemed scared of the giant bounce houses), but we still had fun walking around and seeing everyone else’s costumes. There was a little boy dressed up as Boba Fett (another Star Wars character) and when he saw Ben he pointed and shouted “Baby Yoda!” Haha :)

After church we went around to our immediate neighbors to say hi. They know Ben and were excited to see him in his little costume. After Ben went to bed I dressed up in some of my dad’s old Air Force fatigues, put a little war paint on (brown eyeliner) and headed to Chipotle. You could get a $2 burrito if you showed up in a costume. Yum!

Pretty fall

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We’ve now entered the “ugly” part of fall. Windy, rainy, muddy, no leaves on trees and gloomy. A few weeks ago we went hiking in the “pretty” part of fall though. One of the trails I run on has some really nice gravel paths that were perfect for the stroller. Ben still kind of wanders aimlessly and will only “walk” with us for a minute or two. Everything else along the way is just too interesting it seems ;-)

Family

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There are a lot of things wrong with this picture (it’s blurry and no one is looking at the camera)…but there are so many things right about it too. Andy dressed in his work on the house clothes because he’d just been stuffing insulation downstairs. Ben not standing in one place for longer than 3 seconds, but still being “gentle” with Colby. Colby putting up with Andy’s rough loving (leave it to me to marry the only guy I know who loves cats…)

I’ve always heard the saying “anything worth having is worth working hard for.” And these guys, my family, are definitely worth it.

Ben is 2

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We had Ben’s second birthday party this weekend. Just a small group came, mostly family, Ben doesn’t really have a ton of little friends yet. It was a loosely done Cars theme. Loosely meaning, he’s two…how all out do you really need to go? I made invites and mailed them out to people like two weeks before the party, but luckily people still came :)

I used some fabric from Joann’s for the table cloth. Throw in some balloons, fruit platter, some pizza and you’ve got yourself a birthday party.

I think this picture is hilarious. Andy’s mom confiscated his nerf gun before the party started and went on a rampage ;-)

Uncle Justin and Auntie Kate.

Eli, Heather and baby Casey. We have Casey’s picture on our fridge and Ben walks by it and says “kisses, baby Casey.” He didn’t quite connect that THIS was baby Casey though.

Ben isn’t the greatest with sharing and poor Easton wasn’t allowed to play with any of Ben’s toys. Easton would go for something and then Ben would run over and say “no no no” and try to take the toy back. In a brief moment of Ben distraction, Easton did eventually get to play with the digger in peace.