This is how Bennett helped me put all of his new bedroom furniture together
But, now we're done and he loves his new big boy room!
Cozy!
He's been in his new room for about 5 weeks now and is doing very well staying in bed at night.
Sledding after the first snowfall
This picture turned out much clearer but thanks to our slow internet connection, these pictures have to be compressed and look grainy. Bummer. He's cute anyway. :)
Making tracks
Decorating the Christmas tree
He is pretty gentle considering he's 2. He did a great job hanging ornaments (and taking them down and leaving the hooks around the house!). We only had two "ornamental" mishaps this year and had to deposit their remains in the trash.
Christmas night at Dad and Barb's. Had we sent out Christmas/Holiday greeting cards this year, this probably would have been the picture you would have received. But, we are waiting until our 4th team member arrives to send our salutations!
Bennett and I did get around to making Banana bread and cookies this season. He loves to help hold the mixer and add the ingredients (with mom's guiding hand).
Always happy to help "clean" the mixers afterward!
Christmas Eve we opened our ornaments from Mimi and Papa
Bennett was beyond delighted with his Thomas the Train ornament
Setting up toys late Christmas Eve
Our little tree. :)
This is really dark but it is B on Christmas morning, in our room with his shopping cart!
We had to shop even before Dad got up! Eggs, Cheerios, soup and apple juice!
My, what big eyes you have!
With one arm stuffed into his stocking...
....trying out his new chapsticks...
...and sharing with mom! Pucker up!
A new top
A cash register to go with his shopping cart.
A monkey puzzle -- one of his favorite rhymes is "5 little monkey's jumping on the bed..."
A take-apart truck that uses a real drill to screw/unscrew the nuts and bolts
Practicing with his new tools
Memory! Mike had set it all up for a game and Bennett swiftly began to turn them all over and announce what the pictures were!
He climbed inside this 5 gallon bucket - it's so true that kids are happy with boxes, paper and buckets!
The basement is coming along too...here's B watching Mike put in the last of the drywall
These are old but I thought I'd post the progression (we have now finished paint and are waiting for the carpet to arrive).
Sanding drywall...I tried to get Dube to wear a mask but that turned out to be as difficult as getting him to ingest anything but coffee!
On goes the primer...
I was so happy I could finally paint!
A visit to GrandNana and GrandPapa
Nana and B
Reading new books...
...and cutting up the butter in his new bread/butter set (little loaves of breads and bagels that velcroed together)
He loves to wear our shoes!
Mimi and Papa stopped by for a night after the New Year
Reading "Sloppy Joe." Bennett calls it the "meatball" book.
Here's what we do on Saturday nights - build slides out of couch cushions and jump around like crazy kids!
Jump!
Anything that lights up is a great toy for B...here he is wearing Mike's headlamp
Mike was out snow plowing after our most recent storm (Jan 7) and B just loves to watch the snow fly! It was a bit windy and chilly though -- 24 degrees and we had to go in afterward and have some "hot chocolate milk"
I pulled him around in the sled
I LOVE this picture -- it will probably end up hanging in the living room!
Weeeeeeeeee!
