We have a discovered a new, and yet old, way of entertaining Ben. Mike is afraid he will never retrieve his laptop after this...
Ben and I watched this early this morning when he climbed up on my lap wanting cuddles. Later, after a nap, he was running around in the computer room saying, "menomenomenom." We watched this video over and over for a good half hour after lunch.
Wow, it's been quite a while since I blogged! Instead of trying to play catch up, I'll just jump in where we are and give a quick summary of our goings on.
December: Christmas was fun, hectic, and all the other things that go with the holidays. Ben loved meeting his cousin Anna. He couldn't stop talking about the "baby!".
January: Largely uneventful except for the fact that Mike lost his job. That's mostly why it's been so uneventful. We stayed home trying to save money! =)
Current: Pop's dog, Sadie, finally got a clean bill of health after having had knee surgery. Ben has missed her so much over her 2 months of healing and not being able to play with her.
Sadie waits patiently for Ben...
but then goes in for the kisses!
Ben and Abby wait patiently with "Hot Dog" (that's Mickey) while we get the truck loaded.
Ben finally gets to see a real life elephant. He loves looking at these in picture books.
The kids were mostly interested in each other, rather than the animals at the zoo.
...with the exception of the biggest bird they'd ever seen. Abby wanted down, so this is how we went about the zoo for a while. Abby was really good to hold onto the wagon and walk behind Ben.
Ben, on the other hand, wasn't content to hold my hand or walk beside Abby. We tried, but in the end, he had to ride.
You can see that Ben and Abby were quite comfy in the wagon. They finally figured out a way for them to both have their feet up, after a quick kick fight.
Back at Ben's house, there was much playing, running, loving, etc.
Then Abby tried to sit in Ben's seat, and he decided, "Me, too." They promptly fell over, but everyone was ok.I needed a third elf. Phoebe would, in reality, never do such a thing.
Aunt Angie has Elfed herself again this year, as well as Abby, Ben, and all the other babies Abby knows! Here's the links to Abby's Blog. Enjoy! I'll get something made up for us eventually.
She won't get mad at me (I don't think) for telling everyone that Angie is the big 3-0! Don't worry, it'll be me soon enough. =P
HaHa! I had to show you guys this pic of "Scary Angie" from the New Kids concert. We had a blast! We'll definitely do that again, given the opportunity, birthday excuse or none!
There are so many allusions I could use to title this post "Froggie Went a Courtin'", "Return of the Frog", "He once was Lost, but now he's Found"... Then there's, "The Adventures of Frog" or "Travelin' with Froggie" that sound good, too, but regardless of the title, the simple announcement is that Frog is home! Turns out, he's been in White Pine all this time. A lady and her grandson found him on the street, presumably right after he was dropped considering I went back fairly quickly. She said she doesn't usually pick up things like that, but something just told her to. Her mom called her Tuesday morning and said, "Ya know that frog... He's in the newspaper!"
Ben still doesn't know he's back. I wanted to wash him to get the "street" off of him, but also because the nice lady that held onto him for us was a smoker, so Frog is kind of smelly. I've done surgery to remove his croaker and washed him once, but he needs another go. Good thing I found out he still smelled AFTER I sewed him back up! Anyway, we're just greatful he's home, regardless of what kind of treatments he needs. I can't wait to see how Ben reacts after not having seen his Frog for so long.
Below are some of Froggie's past travels. You could almost play "Where's Waldo" with him!
In May at Dylan's ball game.
In June, digging him out of the deep deep toy box.
In August, getting a haircut with Mommy. (You can really tell Ben needed one, right?)
In September, shopping for birthday party stuff.
More September, following the family reunion. Frog wasn't front, but he was literally center.
September again. Can you spot Frog? He was hiding so he didn't get blown away when we were riding.
