Hyla's!

Holly and Jeff came up a few weekends ago to meet Mr. Ben. He had such a blast with them! We got to see the Twins vs. White Sox game while they were up too! My first time to the new stadium. It was such blast! Thanks for coming and visiting...we'll see you soon!

Our S'more Picnic

Holly giving Ben his nighttime bottle

Ben thought it was hysterical when Holly would put her pony in his face! He was laughing so hard.

The girls at the game
The boys at the game.

Our little jumperoo!

My parents neighbor loaned us their jumperoo and it is by far Ben's favorite activity. The child could jump in it for HOURS! One day we put him in it when we got home from day care. He fell asleep while jumping, then woke up a minute later, got in 2 - 3 more jumps and was out! I would like to try to get that on camera if he ever does it again. He jumps so hard he got a hole in his sleeper! Here are some pictures and a video of him jumping and from when he fell asleep.

YUM....cereal

Ben has been cluster feeding in the evenings, so we decided to start him on cereal. He did pretty good for his first time. He didn't eat a ton, but seemed to enjoy it. The tough part was he kept trying to grab the spoon. I'll try to get some video up later!

Middle of feeding

Apparently, he can do it himself

And....we're done!

Best of Friends...well maybe not yet

On Saturday night we had a BBQ with the neighbors. We brought Ben over to hang out with their little girl. Usually, they do so well together, but for some reason tonight he freaked out the minute she started getting close to her! We had to put a barricade of toys between the two!

Sitting nicely before the freak out!

Eyeing her up to see what she is going to do....

Watching to make sure she doesn't cross the toy barrier! You can see the concern in his eyes.

Maggie behind the toy barrier!

This baby girl has the most beautiful eyes! Don't know what there is to be scared of!

There's a New Captain of the Vessel

We took Ben out boating for the last time last weekend. We went later in the day so it wasn't as hot out. He had a really good time, except he HATED wearing a life jacked. We ordered him a new one that is a little different style, so hopefully that will work out better. At the very end we put him in the driver seat. He was obsessed with the the throttle. At one point he pushed it down and pulled it back up! We got him on video doing it a second time. It was so funny.

Getting ready to leave to go boating!

Rash Guard - CHECK

Swim Trunks - CHECK

He's ready to go!

He was a little tired when we first got out on the lake, so he drank a bottle and fell asleep. He kept pulling his hat over his face!

We are looking into getting a bimini cover, so for now to keep Ben out of the sun, we brought along an umbrella.

Steering

Learning how to control the speed of the boat.

Driving!

Our Little Engineer

Here is Ben helping dad out with some Engineering calculations.

Learning how to measure using an Engineering Ruler

Okay, maybe not an Engineer yet, as most Engineer's don't try to eat their calculator.

Maybe he's trying to learn by eating the ruler?? P.E. Exam watch out! Ben is ready to go. (Note: Anything in his hands will try to go in his mouth, one way or another)

Leaping Lizards

We have found our tongue and it's so much fun to stick it out! Oh yeah, at daycare they call it lizards!