Play Time

I decided to take a few pictures of Benjamin this morning. Enjoy

Bells, Toffee, Snowstorms, and Mohawks . . .It Must Be Christmas

It's been (and will continue to be) a busy time at our house. I love all the parties and festivities around Christmas. Friday night we had the ward Christmas party which was a lot of fun. Saturday morning, our stake took over all the Salvation Army bell ringing in town and I helped at a place in the mall with some other sisters from the ward. It was fun to see all the Christmas shoppers and the kids coming in to see Santa.

Later on, Benjamin and I made toffee, caramels and three different kinds of cookies while Cameron worked on his last project of the semester and studied for finals. We listened to a lot of Christmas music while we worked and had a great time.

Sunday morning we had the Christmas program in church and were going to have a Stake Christmas concert with full-orchestra and everything, that evening. I say "were" because a giant storm blew in between the time we got home from church and when the program was supposed to start. The wind was blowing snow drifts everywhere. Nothing too bad if you are used to a good Utah snowstorm, but for people in southern Indiana, it was pretty nasty. So instead, Cameron and I finished making cookies and wrapping caramels and took plates of goodies to some of our friends in the ward. We should give more away because there are way too many goodies lying around our house right now.

Finally, here is a picture of Benjamin's latest hair-do. His hair is getting really long but only on the top.

Only one more week until we head back to Utah! We are so excited to see family and friends.

New Tricks

Here is Benjamin's latest trick.

He first did it last night and has been showing it off ever since. Hopefully, he'll clue in that there are times when this trick doesn't work so well, i.e. when his diaper is being changed, right after he's eaten and has a full belly. For now, he's just excited to have a little mobility.

He's also getting closer to being able to feed himself (Hooray!!).

Snow!

Last night that dusting of snow we had turned into 2 inches of snow and kept on coming all day long. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, even in Indiana.

Here are some pictures from our adventures of the first big snow.

(Cameron kind of looks scary in this one.)

P.S. See facebook for more pictures

Snow-ish

It finally snowed in Indiana! Well, just enough to dust the grass and cars, but still, it's something. It has been quite cold though. For the past few weeks I've just put layers of clothing on Benjamin when we went out, but then I found the perfect snow suit. Nice and warm, but it doesn't look like the little boy in "A Christmas Story" who can't put his arms down. Winter, here we come!!

Looking rather cold, despite the many layers of clothing.

All set to go in his new snow suit!

(Beware, this bear will eat you! or at least slobber all over you)