Apparently at our house, you turn three and get a party with presents and cake and then the following week you have a string of doctors’ appointments. The week after Ben’s birthday was spent explaining how we were going to get two “fun” checkups because Ben had grown so much in the last year. Thankfully, he was caught up on any necessary shots so the first doctor’s visit was routine. Ben now weighs 34 pounds and is 39 inches tall. He is developing well and his doctor said he is doing great! Ben was mostly obsessed with the fact that he got to wear a gown of his choosing, received a Diego sticker and got a sucker at the end of the visit. It was like an odd version of Halloween with costumes and treats.
Next was the dentist’s appointment. We had told Ben that the dentist wanted to see how all of his teeth were growing healthy and to count them since there were so many. Ben wasn’t too crazy about the idea when we first arrived, but then found a LeapPad laptop game and quickly forgot why we were there. He enjoyed letters and numbers for a while and then it was time to go back. They were just going to take him back, but Mom quickly jumped in with the plea that it was his first visit and might they let a parent go back. The hygienist turned to Ben and asked if he wanted to go back alone or with a parent. In his smallest voice, Ben replied “with a parent”. So Mom went back to the room. Ben did really well and opened his mouth long enough for the hygienist to count his teeth, scrape for tarter, brush with the “special” toothpaste and floss! It was quite the shock that they were able to do all of that when we thought it would just be a tooth “counting”. Then it was the hygienist’s turn for shock when she found out that Ben had only just turned three and did so well for his first visit at such a young age. Yea!
Next up is the eye doctor. We’ll see if Blinky Ben can keep his eyes open long enough for them to see anything!
October 19, 2009
September 30, 2009
Three Years Old!
“Is today my birthday?” We have been hearing this for some time now. Finally the grand day has come! We had been asking Ben what kind of party he wanted to have. He very plainly proclaimed that he would have a Curious George party with Mickey Mouse presents. Well, then. Let the planning begin! We found that Mickey Mouse presents meant that he wanted some of his gifts to be wrapped in Mickey Mouse paper, so of course we obliged this request.
Ben was quite excited about his party. The celebration started Friday with a cupcake party at school. We got to go sing with his class to him and play for a while afterwards. It was a great time!
Saturday was the party with mostly family and a couple of special friends from church. The kids played on the swingset while the younger siblings played on a blanket nearby. Elizabeth thought that grass was her new best friend and apparently does not have the same texture/touching issues as Ben had at that age. Ben wore his party hat nearly all day and received many fun presents that he was thrilled with. He even proclaimed “this is what I told you I wanted!” Just can’t beat that reaction.
Sunday was his actual birthday and Ben chose to eat at the “hummus restaurant” for his birthday lunch. Gotta love a boy with good taste!
Ben is quite the character these days. He is learning to tell jokes (his own version) and really likes to laugh and be silly. Ben is really enjoying his music class at school and comes home singing new songs all the time. If anyone can tell us what the “mall (moth?)” song is, we would love to know. Apparently Mom should know the words and be able to help him with it at home.
Ben is learning new sports in Amazing Athletes each week at school. He was really excited during football week, but has also enjoyed hockey, tennis and a couple of other sports. Ben loves to climb his rock wall on his new playground at home. Mom gets a little nervous, but he is really pretty skilled at getting up and down by himself. He also got a scooter for his birthday and can use one foot to push himself on it “just like the boy on the box”. He continues to love to be outside and has been asking for a while if we could have a campfire. Luckily, his local grandparents live on some land and made this possible recently. We enjoyed roasted marshmallows and making the fire “grow” by watching Grandpa David add logs.
Ben looks forward to Halloween. He has decided to be the Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George, which of course does not exist in children’s sizes. Hopefully some creativity and the help of Grandma Lyn will be able to fulfill this wish!
Hopefully posting will become more regular. We got in a post-vacation/pre-birthday blur and let the time get away.
Ben was quite excited about his party. The celebration started Friday with a cupcake party at school. We got to go sing with his class to him and play for a while afterwards. It was a great time!
Saturday was the party with mostly family and a couple of special friends from church. The kids played on the swingset while the younger siblings played on a blanket nearby. Elizabeth thought that grass was her new best friend and apparently does not have the same texture/touching issues as Ben had at that age. Ben wore his party hat nearly all day and received many fun presents that he was thrilled with. He even proclaimed “this is what I told you I wanted!” Just can’t beat that reaction.
Sunday was his actual birthday and Ben chose to eat at the “hummus restaurant” for his birthday lunch. Gotta love a boy with good taste!
Ben is quite the character these days. He is learning to tell jokes (his own version) and really likes to laugh and be silly. Ben is really enjoying his music class at school and comes home singing new songs all the time. If anyone can tell us what the “mall (moth?)” song is, we would love to know. Apparently Mom should know the words and be able to help him with it at home.
Ben is learning new sports in Amazing Athletes each week at school. He was really excited during football week, but has also enjoyed hockey, tennis and a couple of other sports. Ben loves to climb his rock wall on his new playground at home. Mom gets a little nervous, but he is really pretty skilled at getting up and down by himself. He also got a scooter for his birthday and can use one foot to push himself on it “just like the boy on the box”. He continues to love to be outside and has been asking for a while if we could have a campfire. Luckily, his local grandparents live on some land and made this possible recently. We enjoyed roasted marshmallows and making the fire “grow” by watching Grandpa David add logs.
Ben looks forward to Halloween. He has decided to be the Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George, which of course does not exist in children’s sizes. Hopefully some creativity and the help of Grandma Lyn will be able to fulfill this wish!
Hopefully posting will become more regular. We got in a post-vacation/pre-birthday blur and let the time get away.
Eight Months Old
Little Miss E is eight months old now. She went from scooting to crawling in the blink of an eye and is even pulling up on some of our lower furniture. Yikes! Elizabeth loves being mobile and exploring the world around. She loves Ben’s toys most of all and crawls as fast as she can to get to his cars. It is quite the site. Ben quickly lies down between her and the cars to “block” her from his precious toys. We had to teach him this move, because his former redirection was more of a clothesline.
Ellie is eating up a storm now as well. She liked cereal for a while and did okay with veggies. Something clicked for her and she is now really enjoying food and wanting more and more. She typically eats three times a day and still enjoys milk in between. Finger food is probably in order now. Guess we will have to stock up on “Puffs” again!
Ellie has four teeth now and is working on a couple more. Her first two were the bottom two as “normal”, but the next two to come in were not the top two but the two next to them. So she looks a little vampirish right now. It may make a good Halloween costume or will hopefully be gone soon with the addition of the top two. Time will tell.
Elizabeth is working hard on her sounds and is close to saying mama and dada probably. Baba may be first though for brother Ben. He continues to be her favorite entertainment and the two of them cannot get enough of each other (for the most part – ha ha!).
We look forward to the upcoming holiday season for Elizabeth and know that many more firsts are coming our way!
Ellie is eating up a storm now as well. She liked cereal for a while and did okay with veggies. Something clicked for her and she is now really enjoying food and wanting more and more. She typically eats three times a day and still enjoys milk in between. Finger food is probably in order now. Guess we will have to stock up on “Puffs” again!
Ellie has four teeth now and is working on a couple more. Her first two were the bottom two as “normal”, but the next two to come in were not the top two but the two next to them. So she looks a little vampirish right now. It may make a good Halloween costume or will hopefully be gone soon with the addition of the top two. Time will tell.
Elizabeth is working hard on her sounds and is close to saying mama and dada probably. Baba may be first though for brother Ben. He continues to be her favorite entertainment and the two of them cannot get enough of each other (for the most part – ha ha!).
We look forward to the upcoming holiday season for Elizabeth and know that many more firsts are coming our way!
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