Brotherly Love

It's always good to have a brother! Let the fun begin.

When Daddy's Away, the Kiddies will Play!

Cameron spent a week at the telescope in Arizona, so Ben and I decided to have a fun-filled week. We ate lots of macaroni and cheese, played with friends, went to parks, played at the library, painted pictures, played with legos, made cookies together, had a lot of picnics. and finally went to the HUGE Children's museum in Indianapolis. It made the time go by a lot faster and having a plan forced us to get out and do things so we didn't drive each other crazy at home.

Painting fun

Ben's painting of  "Man in a truck"

Visit to the Children's Museum

Giant Snowglobe

 

 They had a giant Hot Wheels exhibit that Ben LOVED! He probably could have spent all day there. Good thing there were more than enough cars for everyone.

They had a big winter wonderland with ice fishing, ice skating, a reindeer barn where you could help take care of Santa's reindeer, and of course a visit with Santa Claus. I asked Ben if he wanted to see Santa and he said yes so we went over and I told Ben to go see Santa. He marched right over, shook Santa's hand and moved on. I couldn't convince him to sit on Santa's lap.

 

When we went to the Children's Museum in March, Ben was terrified of this kiddie ride. It started moving and he started screaming.

 But look what a difference 9 months makes!

And through all our adventures, Caleb was his usual calm, patient, and generally very happy self.

Thanksgiving

I have a lot to catch up on since the last couple of weeks have been pretty busy. I'll start with Thanksgiving week. We went down to Louisville on Tuesday and stayed with Cameron's dad's cousin. They were so nice and then showed us some of the sights the next day. We went to the Bass Pro Shops (the eastern version of Cabelas) where Benjamin's favorite thing turned out to be not the huge fish, three story waterfall, or animals everywhere you looked, but the arcade style racing games in a corner of the store. Then we headed down to the riverfront to a really fun park. We played on the playground, fed some ducks and threw rocks in the river.
After a wonderful lunch it was off to the races. Andrew, Lindsay and Riley met us at Churchill Downs and we had a great time watching the races. Ben loved  seeing the horses and would cheer and clap and yell "Fast horses!"

 

And Caleb did what he does best - curled up and went to sleep.

Later in the afternoon we headed home. We enjoyed a delicious meal with Andrew and Lindsay. Ben practiced sharing his toys and room with Riley. We had a great time playing games and just hanging out. It was fun to watch Ben and Riley play together.

My apple pie was the most perfect looking pie I have ever made  - until Benjamin walked over and jabbed his finger right down into the middle of it. Oh well.

Caleb all dressed up in his cute suit