Pumpkins and Blisters

I've only carved a few pumpkins in my whole life (maybe 3 or 4), and Ben had his first pumpkin carving experience this weekend while we visited our friends Sarah and Joe. Ben didn't like the insides of the pumpkin too much ... in fact his term was "icky", but he really wanted to be able to scoop the guts out with his big spoon and get to carving with the special pumpkin knife. Such a determined little guy. He carved so hard that he gave himself a blister!!

Black White and Boredom

We had a roll of BW film in our camera. There were no events we were planning on going to where BW film would have been warranted. In my boredom in the basement, I decided to waste the roll on Benner. Surprisingly (to me, anyway), some of the photos turned out pretty well. Take a look for yourself.

Pictures

(looks like a mug shot!)

croup is c-r-a-p

So, Benner has the croup. Who gets the croup in 2007? Apparently a lot of kids in Benner's new school. Despite the awful cough and not being able to sleep much, he's still a little ham. Aunt Dory came over on Sunday and took some pictures.





Steve also took Ben to the zoo and produced this funny pic ...



We also discovered Ben can count (with holes) to 10!! We were pretty amazed when we were joikingly counting and we here Ben in the backseat counting along. Who knows what else he knows and isn't telling us!! :)

Look who's 2

Benner turned two the same weekend we moved into our new house - quite a week! Today is his first day at his new school and when we dropped him off this morning he seemed to be doing alright. The little guy is no longer really that "little" as he keeps getting taller and taller and talking more and more. He loves to follow his cousin Grace around and does everything that she does. :)

Summer Lovin', Havin' a Blast!

Ben loves to be outside! Grandma Pat took Benner to the beach on Saturday to watch Uncle Dan play some volleyball while Steve and I worked on the house. Grandma tells us that Ben kept trying to run into the lake even though the park officials had closed it due to bacteria (ick). Thanks to Aunt Dory and her new spiffy camera, we also got a few photos of soem other adventures.



Happy Summer!

Old Pictures

Steve found some really cute pictures of Benner on his parents computer. They are a little old, but cute enough that I had to share. :)