Shirt

I'm so proud of myself. I picked up a brown shirt like this. I have loved that shirt. I wanted a shirt to go with a black skirt. So I decided I would mimic the shirt. Now I have this gray shirt to go with black. With all my responsibilities as a mom, and a high maintenance baby, it took me a day to do.

David's Days off work

In the last few weeks David took several days off work. Some days we didn't do much, but others we had lots of fun. Here are some pictures to highlight what we did.

Last Time in the pool!

Ben's Birthday cake.

Ben's Birthday party. We had a water balloon launch for the kids to do. They had a lot of fun launching the balloons and their dads. David even broke a few on the top of his head.

At the IBM park. We had fun playing on the playground and in the sand.

At Quarry Hill. We took the boys bikes and let them bike on the path. This wall is one of our favorite places to take pictures. Ben found a frog there. He had fun picking it up and holding it. Gavin didn't want anything to do with the frog. He barely would even touch it. When we asked him if he wanted to hold it he screamed at us.

Ben picking up the frog.

Gavin a little apprehensive about the frog.

Ben's Birthday

Ben is now 5 years old. I can't believe how fast this time has gone by. He truly is growing up. I love that he is so sweet and tender. Yesterday we went to pay rent. Verlaine (the manager) turned to Ben and said, "Ben today is the beginning of the month and do you know what that means?" Ben responded, "Yes, it's my birthday!" Verlaine ended up giving Ben $2 to spend on something. Gavin then started whining and saying he wanted money too. Ben was kind enough to offer money to Gavin. That was just so sweet of him.

We waited until David got home to open Ben's presents. All day long he was guessing what his presents were. He was basically right about a few of them.

We took Ben out to dinner. He wanted to go to McDonald's and get a Happy Meal. I don't personally like their food, but it made him happy.

He sure didn't want to go to sleep last night. He wasn't done playing with his new toys.