Pictures

I am replacing some of the pictures in the frames in the playroom and over my bed. I needed a picture of all three of the kids to put in one of the frames. And it just so happened that everyone was in a good mood, and I was able to get a good shot. What a miracle! Here is one that I took of Benjamin as well.

Ward Campout

Sock Puppets

Benjamin made a dragon and Emma made a girl sock puppet today during our project time.
Benjamin tried his hand at stitching the red wing on but got poked pretty bad with the needle. Then it was up to me to do the rest of the hand stitching.

Benjamin's dragon eating "meat" that we made.

Last Day of Kindergarten

I made a video of lots of pictures of kindergarten and all the children saying what their favorite thing about kindergarten was. I took in the DVD to watch with the class today. They all seemed to love it. It was a lot of work, but I know that his teacher really appreciated it. Benjamin and his teacher Here are pictures of the teacher gift that Benjamin gave to his teacher
and to his bus driver.

Happy Father's Day!

9 Months old

17lbs. 11 oz. ~ 29 inches

pulls self up ~ takes a few steps to the side while holding on the ottoman or couch ~ smiles at everyone ~ eats puffs ~ obsesses over cords ~ refuses bottles or sippies ~ laughs when people laugh ~ puts hands in the air when you say "so big" ~ claps his hands when you sing "clap, clap, clap your hands" ~ waves bye-bye ~ bites necks or toes ~ eats lint or anything else he can find on the floor and then chokes ~ sleeps more than he ever has in his life ~ loves his mama ~ cries when she leaves the room ~ prefers to be held all day long ~ crawls mostly on knees but sometimes with an army crawl ~ uses a binkie only to sleep ~ scrambles to the bathroom if the door is left open ~ tries to escape when getting his diaper changed ~ screams while getting dressed ~ follows mom around the house ~ protests when confined in his jumper or excersaucer ~ hates being sat on by his big sister ~ sits and plays with the play food from the tiny kitchen ~ consumes his medicine happily ~ enjoys eating baby food finally ~ is adored by all

Friday June 10th

Stephen attended graduation~ I was going through some old pictures and saw a picture of Benjamin with Stephen in his robes when he was about 3. I wanted the other two kids to have a picture with Dad in his robes too.
Benjamin had field day at his school. The first thing the class did was run laps on the track. Benjamin worked really hard to run. He and only one other boy ran 6 times around. I told him later that he had determination! Then in the afternoon the school field was set up with different stations and the children could freely choose to go to any station manned by parents and teachers. The children could choose to be at the station as long or as little as they would like; I love that his school is so developmentally appropriate!

Being a mouse under the parachute in the cat and mouse game.

They had music playing throughout the afternoon and every class was assigned a different song for their teacher to go under the "dome" and get squirted by their own class. It was definitely the highlight of the field day for all the children. They each loved getting their teacher wet.

Making a boat with a yogurt lid, clay, popsicle stick, and paper sail

Blowing his boat across the pool

Benjamin's boat

Football toss

Potato sack race against his teacher (on the left)

Playing soccer

Digging for pennies in the sandboxPopsicles to celebrate

Garden Update

Here is our garden. We planted beans, sugar snap peas at the back, cucumbers, shallots, herbs, and lettuce in the front.
Here is the tomato garden. We have five different bushes of tomatoes. The cherry bush is starting to blossom. We are praying we get at least a few.