One Silly Mommy and a Silly Little Boy

Benjamin Funnies

This morning before church I was upstairs getting ready and Benjamin was downstairs eating breakfast and calling up "Sweetie, come on!" Sometimes I'm a bit slow getting ready on Sunday mornings and I guess he thought he'd hurry me along. Matt's reply to him: "I'll be saying that in about 45 minutes." For the record, I was ready less than 30 minutes later.

Then, Benjamin was being silly in his booster seat this afternoon and I said "Benjamin, you are a goof ball." He continued being silly for a minute or two before replying with "Mommy a goof off." I get so little respect in my house. ;-)

We are Still Here

Well I have certainly not been great at keeping up with this blog lately. Life has been a bit crazy around here with me doing some major decluttering and cleaning and of course, chasing the little man, and Matt is only 5 days away from his last section of the CPA exam. We are just a little EXCITED!!!

Along with being a bad blogger, I have also been a pretty bad photographer. Thus, the two pictures below are the only ones I have taken in almost a month. Benjamin doesn't stay in one place for long these days and most of his entertainment is vocal. He is such a talker and continues to make me laugh every day.

We are currently down to one car (this seems to happen once every couple of months lately), so Benjamin and I have been stranded at blessed to be at home the past couple of days. I, being the lover of exercise that I am, was most upset about missing the gym, so I decided Benjamin and I would work out together in the living room. It worked for about two minutes. He loves it when I turn music on and we dance, but when he discovered that my plan included him doing his own thing while I did mine, he wasn't thrilled. So I did a few crunches and squats and called it a day. Today I was determined to fit something in. I decided a walk/run was in order for the early morning before it got hot (high today is 92, and yes it's October 15th), but after about 1/2 mile with the bright and beautiful sunshine in my eyes and my sunglasses in my car that was towed to the repair shop this morning, my eyes hurt from squinting and I came inside to do Pilates. Benjamin, who loves getting out and running errands, heard me say Pilates and his face lit up. He ran to the door and said "Hobby Lobby!" He was a little bummed that we weren't going anywhere, but laid on the floor beside me while I exercised and said "I do Hobby Lobby." I got a double ab workout between the Pilates and the laughter.

I'll try to be better about posting, but we plan on having some major family time after Matt takes the last section of the CPA, so no promises. I do have some fun pictures of our family trip to a ranch/resort we went to with friends about a month ago and I will try to get those up in the next couple of days.

I'm crazy about this kid!!!

Benjamin Funnies

I went to Home Depot today with Benjamin and when we walked in, they had all their Christmas decorations out. As a side note, that's just a bit early don't ya think? Anyway, Benjamin got all excited and called out "Noah, Noah!" He has not yet learned who Santa is and well, I didn't have the heart to correct him. So, Noah it is for now.

Our Ice Cream Boy

A couple of weeks ago, I experimented with a mint ice cream recipe I found and used a new sugar substitute I recently found called Just Like Sugar. It was my attempt to create my favorite dessert without it being quite so bad for us. The ice cream was pretty good, although not amazing, but Benjamin LOVED it! So much in fact that he spread it all over himself and decided he could get more in his mouth if he used his hands. Mmmmmm. Yummyness!!!

Family Movie Night

For the past couple of Sunday night family movie nights, we have watched Finding Nemo with Benjamin. He loves it! He also loves eating popcorn while watching and apparently loves to wear his popcorn bowl as a hat.

A Precious Naptime Moment

I was laying in Benjamin's bed this afternoon before his nap and we were just talking about this and that. Then he kept saying "go supper." I kept repeating it after him and he kept looking at me like "what are you talking about?" We always say dinner rather than supper, so I really couldn't figure him out, but he kept on repeating it. Finally he said, "go supper, sheep." I said "Oh, the shepherd takes care of the sheep?" He said, "yeah, good shepherd, sheep, ummmm, MOPS, ummmm, cookies, ummmm, Good Shepherd." I asked him if he learned that God is our shepherd when he was at MOPS yesterday and he said yeah. Amazing. Tears came into my eyes as I realized that he is truly beginning to remember and comprehend what he learns about the Lord. So precious! I'm so thankful for a church where what we are teaching him at home is being reinforced.

Oh yes, and he loves the cookies at MOPS too!