Snow Day!!

We finally got some snow and didn't even complain that it was March!! Here is Ben's snow angel!

I have been waiting for years to have a picture of my house with snow on it. Now I have it!

Ben and his first snowman. Complete with a carrot nose and cranberry eyes.

Ben had a wonderful day today. Hopefully we won't have to wait so long for our next Snow Day!!

Soccer

We haven't had much going on lately until now...Ben started soccer today. He seemed to like it and is excited about going back next week. He did tell me that he doesn't think that the coach knows what he is doing because he does all of the drills with them. I just want to know what this kid did that was so terrible that he had to coach a team of 3 and 4 year olds for 2 months.

When the coach, in the gray hoodie, says 'Red light' you have to stop and put your foot on the ball and wait for other instructions.

This is a great picture of Ben and his friend Megan moving the soccer balls around the field.

I am hoping that this is the first of many posts of Ben's soccer career.

Sticky Trap

Ben made a sticky trap for mice....NO we don't have mice. He saw one at Michael's office and has been talking about it for a week. He took the bottom of a box of cheese, turned it upside down, put strips of tape on it and filled it with a slice of cheese. He is very proud of his 'invention' and we sill have it--it is in the fridge. He is still looking for the perfect place to put it to catch a mouse.

Christmas Day, 2008

Christmas Day at our house was GREAT! Santa came and left Ben lots of fun toys. Legos seemed to be the most popular thing at our house this Christmas. That is what we were busy doing all day long. Luckily Ben took his nap so our eyes could get a break from putting the Lego firestation, police station and service station together.

Ben has a HUGE sweet tooth, no matter what the other flavor that you mix in with the sugar. This was a lemon bar that he discovered that he liked--right before lunch.

Nana and Poppa joined us for lunch. Ben is almost getting too big to pick up!

Rudolph with your nose so bright...

It is Christmas Eve and we just put out the reindeer food for Rudolph and his buddies. Ben has had the jar of food sitting by the front door since he brought it home. We can't wait! The milk and cookies are next!

Christmas at Grandma's House

Today we went to Grandma's house in Phenix City, Alabama. Ben was very excited to see his cousins. Here is a picture of Mallory, Brandon, Grandma, Ben and Kayleigh. Ben is into Legos and luckily he was surprised with a few new sets which have already been put together compliments of his daddy.

PreK Christmas Fun!

This was our last week of school before the Christmas break. Ben had a busy schedule in his PreK classroom. On Monday they had Christmas Centers. This was the center that I helped at..we made Reindeer food. Ben is patiently waiting for the 'magic glitter' to put in his jar before he shakes it up.
On Thursday some special guests came to their class. Two of Santa's Elves came to visit and they brought Santa's dog with them. After 'Polar Express' was read to the class, the elves served hot chocolate and muffins. Earlier in the week, the class had made a special wish list for Santa. Ben's teacher sent the list home with the elves to give to Santa.

Finally, on Friday was the party. The kids had great snacks and some red fruit punch which Ben is proud to show off on is lips in the picture with Nanny.

Merry Christmas!!

I am so proud of our decorations this year..they are actually the same as last year! I wish I would have invented the huge suction cups for the windows and those white 3M hooks with the sticky back!

Gingerbread House for the Fourth Little Pig

This has been the best Christmas season. Ben has been into making all sorts of stuff. Today we made a Gingerbread House. From the start, Ben knew he was going to get to eat some candy. I wasn't so sure we would have enough candy for decorating it...but we did.

He started off by licking the icing off of the mixer.

I couldn't resist getting a picture with the 'evidence' on his face. This Gingerbread House will drive his daddy crazy...It will be in the trash on Dec. 26! We will enjoy it on the dining room table until then.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer....

Check out this snazzy little reindeer that Ben and I made...We actually made 11 of them. We would have had 12, but Ben ate one of the candy canes yesterday.