People talk about what is important to them. Here are some of the words Ben uses most often: “Daddy!” “Bye-bye.” When Daddy is leaving for work. He waves, too, when he says this. “Hat.” His first word, still one of his favorites. “Outside.” When I put my walking clothes on or get his jacket. “Shoes.” […]
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Ben is funny when he wakes up in the morning. If you go in to get him as soon as you hear him, he is grumpy because you went in too quickly and he didn’t have time to “wake up.” But if you give him too much time to “wake up,” he is grumpy because […]
The Loot
Posted in Ben, Knitting, Life at Our House, Quilting on Dec 26th, 2005
Yes, Christmas is over, and we got some really nice gifts. A quick disclaimer: we appreciated all of our gifts, and just because something you gave us isn’t mentioned on this list doesn’t mean we didn’t like it. Steve got a nice Christmas bonus from work, which we used part of to buy him a […]
If you were a toddler, where would you put your shoes?
Posted in Ben on Dec 22nd, 2005
This is precisely the question I asked myself many times yesterday morning. We had an appointment at the dentist at 11:00. It takes twenty minutes to get there. I was ready to go at 10:30…all except for putting on Ben’s coat and shoes. Shoes. Did I say shoes? Where did Ben put his shoes? When […]
And the answer is…No!
Posted in Ben, Life at Our House on Dec 19th, 2005
When you’re a toddler, sometimes you just need to have your own opinion. The only way to actually do that is by saying “No.” If you say yes, you might be simply obeying instead of doing what you want to do. But if you say no, it’s definitely your own opinion…and everyone knows you have […]
Christmas is Coming
Posted in Ben, Knitting, Life at Our House on Dec 15th, 2005
I wanted to take a picture of our tree, and of course Ben had to pose in front of the tree…so here is our Christmas tree. It really doesn’t look as bare in real life as it seems to in this picture. Last year when we bought the tree, rather than spending another wad of […]