After watching these videos you can bet that Benjamin was at the park with Lamoni, not me! I don't even let him get near the edge without me hovering over him.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
July
On our way to Mancos, CO to celebrate Independence Day
Walking through the quaint downtown.
Blowing dandelions for the first time.
Grandpa Bear had a cool bracelet that Benjamin liked to snap together, then Grandpa would unsnap, then Benjamin would snap....100 billion times. Grandpa Bear has so much patience. Benjamin loved it so much that Grandpa made him an orange and yellow bracelet of his own. So now I get to learn that patience unsnapping it a gazillion times every day!
Keeping warm with Aunt Deruchette and cousins waiting for the fireworks.
He loves cousin Lela and has since he was just a couple months old.
We ate So. Much. Food.
Mel got a little carried away with the Dr. Pepper...
Yoshi time at the play place at the mall. I feel like these pictures are from forever ago. I can't believe how far behind I get posting pictures.
I think I wrote awhile back that Benjamin writes the letter B multiple times every single day. Most of the time it is illegible, but here is such a clear one! And below is a word. I can't remember which word he said it was (probably dog or another animal).
We drove to Louisville, KY for a business conference and had a blast! 20 hours driving there, about 36 hours there, and 20 hours back! It was a blast. Every seat was full. Benjamin stayed with Faith, who also had her 4 kids on her own 7 months pregnant (Jason was with us)! She's amazing.
The river was flooded.
With Tony and Frances Pappalardo - some of our heroes.
I don't know if you can see this, but those little dark circles are tan lines from Benjamin's blue crocs that he wears almost every day. We made the mistake of putting those on him first this summer. Of course no other sandals compare to their comfort, so he won't wear any other shoes.
We got a new car seat for Lamoni's car so we could retire his baby one, but he adamantly opposed. He dragged this thing around for days before we could finally pry it away from him. He even went into the garage to get it after we put it in there.
For future reference so I have proof of what I put up with. ;-)
Sometimes he likes to go on the big potty. Isn't that face adorable?!
Walking to church with Daddy. I lucked out and was playing organ that day so I drove so I wouldn't be late. I like walking, but it has been so hot lately and church is at 1 p.m.!
More of Benjamin's blanket obsession. He discovered his old baby blankets and likes snuggling with them.
When he first got his big boy underwear, he insisted they were different articles of clothing. Many tantrums were thrown because I wouldn't put his "superman shirt" on him the right way.
He got baby Katheryn asleep one day when we got to watch her! In the picture on the left he is staying so still as to not wake her. After about 10-15 minutes of holding her (I was curious to see how long he would stay before asking to be done) I think he was trying to wake her up so he could go play in the picture on the right.
He LOVES going to the park. We have to spell it when we're referring to it, otherwise he will beg until we give in.
21 Month Stories
When Benjamin goes to sleep he has to have 3 specific blankets - his doggy, red, and monster blankets. Blankets are definitely his comfort item. He calls them "blankelets."
He has been calling me "Hopey" not Mama. It doesn't bother me too much, but it bothers Lamoni so he has tried hard to get him to call me Mama. However, Benjamin just digs his heels in further. It's not all the time, so we just put up with it. I started calling him Jared (his cousin) when he calls me Hopey, which he thinks is really silly, so we joke about it now.
The living room is "home", not his bedroom. If he's in his crib and wants out he'll adamantly point towards the living room and say "wanna go home! go home!"
There is a primary song called "I Love to See the Temple" that he absolutely loves. It is his song request every night when we're putting him to sleep. He will also sing "temple song temple song" as he plays.
He is so kind to others. He shares toys, is good at trading and is really gentle with other kids. He also is tidy and likes to clean up. If he sees his toys or books are a mess he starts singing "clean up clean up (everybody everywhere, clean up clean up everybody do your share)" and puts everything away.
One of my goals as a mom is to help him feel empathy for others. We talk about feelings a lot and point them out in books and people. It makes me so happy when he sees a kid crying and he says, "She's sad. She's so sad", and then brings something to make her happy. He loves to see happy babies. As we pass them he proudly tells me "Happy baby! Baby happy!"
Everything is "self! self!" (Do it myself) In and out of the car (even our SUV) carseat, high chair, getting things himself, etc.
While I was deleting pictures on the computer Benjamin saw a picture of himself and ran to my lap saying "There's cutie Benjamin!"
He tells children of any age to be quiet and shushes them when they're loud.
When I was rocking and singing to him one night he took my face in his hands and whispered in my ear, "I love baby Kaferyn" (Charity's baby).
Coming back from our family reunion in Utah we stopped at Taco Bell. We're new to getting Benjamin his own food instead of sharing with him. I ordered him a cheesy bean and rice burrito and thought that would be fine. As he took his first couple bites he made a nasty face and said "spicy!" I didn't even know he knew that word. He surprises us every day.
He is pretty much potty-trained at home. We've had some challenges with consistency with all our traveling, but as long as we remember to put his underwear on (or let him go without anything), he goes in his potty chair all on his own. He rarely has an accident. However, as soon as we put a diaper on him it's free game to go in it. He doesn't tell us when he needs to go. It will be interesting figuring out how to potty train while he's sleeping and when we go out.
He has been calling me "Hopey" not Mama. It doesn't bother me too much, but it bothers Lamoni so he has tried hard to get him to call me Mama. However, Benjamin just digs his heels in further. It's not all the time, so we just put up with it. I started calling him Jared (his cousin) when he calls me Hopey, which he thinks is really silly, so we joke about it now.
The living room is "home", not his bedroom. If he's in his crib and wants out he'll adamantly point towards the living room and say "wanna go home! go home!"
There is a primary song called "I Love to See the Temple" that he absolutely loves. It is his song request every night when we're putting him to sleep. He will also sing "temple song temple song" as he plays.
He is so kind to others. He shares toys, is good at trading and is really gentle with other kids. He also is tidy and likes to clean up. If he sees his toys or books are a mess he starts singing "clean up clean up (everybody everywhere, clean up clean up everybody do your share)" and puts everything away.
One of my goals as a mom is to help him feel empathy for others. We talk about feelings a lot and point them out in books and people. It makes me so happy when he sees a kid crying and he says, "She's sad. She's so sad", and then brings something to make her happy. He loves to see happy babies. As we pass them he proudly tells me "Happy baby! Baby happy!"
Everything is "self! self!" (Do it myself) In and out of the car (even our SUV) carseat, high chair, getting things himself, etc.
While I was deleting pictures on the computer Benjamin saw a picture of himself and ran to my lap saying "There's cutie Benjamin!"
He tells children of any age to be quiet and shushes them when they're loud.
When I was rocking and singing to him one night he took my face in his hands and whispered in my ear, "I love baby Kaferyn" (Charity's baby).
Coming back from our family reunion in Utah we stopped at Taco Bell. We're new to getting Benjamin his own food instead of sharing with him. I ordered him a cheesy bean and rice burrito and thought that would be fine. As he took his first couple bites he made a nasty face and said "spicy!" I didn't even know he knew that word. He surprises us every day.
He is pretty much potty-trained at home. We've had some challenges with consistency with all our traveling, but as long as we remember to put his underwear on (or let him go without anything), he goes in his potty chair all on his own. He rarely has an accident. However, as soon as we put a diaper on him it's free game to go in it. He doesn't tell us when he needs to go. It will be interesting figuring out how to potty train while he's sleeping and when we go out.
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