Birthday Party Number 1

We had Ben and Pop's birthday party today with my family. It was lots of fun. Ben was so excited all day for the party and every time the door opened he thought it was Pop. He spent about an hour coloring a picture for Pop for his birthday. It was very cute that they were able to share the day together. It is amazing to think that they are 85 years apart!!!

Here are some highlights from the party. . . .


The cake (which Ben told us repeatedly that the Clifford was just a toy it was not to eat) there were also several "imperfections" in the frosting before all the guests arrived, I wonder how those got there?
The big gift from Mom and Dad. Ben was not trilled at first but once he figured it out he thought it was pretty cool. (one side is for Lego's and one is for trains, cars, blocks . . .)



Somehow my sisters forgot to tell me to put my arm out the window and instead I look like a puppy dog. Anyway we decided that we needed a picture in the house like the boys have.

Pop and Ben at dinner

Ben and Pop after blowing out the candles on the cake

Opi with his face in the cake as usual. See the funny video below for more info on that one
Ben with some frosting on his face. I don't know how that got there.

We played pin the tail on the donkey. It was the funniest game of pin the tail that I have ever played. I actually never thought that the game could be so funny. Ben was so into it and was directing everyone where to go. Here is a video with him and Opi.

The second video is of Opi putting his face into the cake. It has become an annual thing for Opi to get his face all full of cake but Jacob hated it. He started screaming and instead of helping him I just couldn't stop laughing because, well look at him he looks just like Opi. Just for reference he is tarrified when people put scary things on their face like masks and cake I guess.

The third video is how Ben got all the frosting in his face :) He was actually having lots of fun he just started screaming at the end.

Bug Camp

This week Ben had bug camp. It turns out that the camp was really more of an exploration camp rather than a bug camp but he had fun nonetheless. Yesterday he was able to see the bat exhibit again which he thinks is very cool. He wants to take Grandma, Grandpa, Omi, Opi, Daddy, CT and Aunt Meg all to go see the bats :) Here of some pictures of Ben in front of Steggi.

A new house . . .

. . . For the boys

Karen gave the boys an early/late birthday gift this week. It is this cute little house. We set it up at my parents just so that they could play with it now. They seem to like it so far. Jacob was going in and out of the door and saying hi to us as he looked out all the windows it was super cute. Ben just loves playing with every aspect of it.

Here are some pictures

These are just some random pictures of Jacob that I took this week.

And video of the house play

Last Day of T-ball

Well it was finally the last day of t-ball (i am not so sad it is over). The kids played in a parent kid game and had fun. Lots of kids were crying and sitting on the bench but I guess they still had fun. That is what they said anyway. Here are some pictures

At the park with friends

On Tuesday we met some old friend at the park with all the babies. It was so much fun to see all the little ones. It will be interesting to meet at the park with the same group a year from now when all the babies are running all over the place. We had lots of fun and it was good to get caught up on each others lives.

Here are all the kids a momma's

Jacob playing peekaboo behind the tree

Ben is into photography lately. Here are his latest. Kind of artsy i suppose

Water games

And when you have been at a tigers game all day . . .

you fall asleep like this :)

Tigers Game

Josh took Ben to the Tigers game on Sunday. They had a great time and I am still hearing about it. Ben even got to be on the big kids cam :)

Here are some pictures from the day. Along with some picture that were taken after church.

The Results are in:

We got the results back from the MRI already.
Ben's adenoids are significantly enlarged and he has a double ear infection way back in his ears. Back to the ENT we go. This could possible be causing him to not sleep well which could be causing the staring issues. Who knows what is going on but this is a step in the right direction. No AVM's or anything scary in the brain so that is a huge blessing.

Imagaging center

Ben had an appt. at the imaging center at Beaumont today. He did great but didn't want to change clothes after. They let him wear his gown home. So far I have not been able to get it off of him today.
Here he is:

T-ball

Many of you have heard about my frustration with T-ball.
It is slowly getting better. I am sure he will love it on day number 8 (which is the last day)
Anyway, here are some pictures from today.

Notice the child on the ground? That would be Ben

Batting practice is one of his fav's

4th of July Weekend

We had a great long weekend. It was very busy but lots of fun. Below you will find some of the highlights :)

Here is Jake being goofy on the 3rd.

The boys were all ready to go to the fireworks. Ben was calling everyone form the house telling them to hurry up because he was ready to go.

I am not really shure who looks more into the fireworks, Ben or Allie

On the 4th we went to Allie and Todd's house in the evening for some fun. Here are some pictures of the boys playing at the playground across the street.

On the 5th we went to the Nast's and played in the backyard. It was lots of fun and the boys had a great time

After some backyard play and lunch the boys went fishing. Ben was into it for a little while but it was so cute to watch