Ben turns 3!

Benji is 3! How time flies. So much has happened since he was born and it's crazy to think they he will go to school in two years. Ben is very smart, social, passionate, headstrong, and independent. He will be a leader for sure. He loves his friends and nursery. He loves dinosaurs, running outside, pretending to be a superhero, and recently, building things. He is fun to listen to when he pretends play. He likes to say thing are "his favorite" although he says everything is his favorite. He loves Danny, and is a good big brother. Oh Benji.

For his party, we had a few friends come; the neighbors, Jamir's coworker, and my running friend. We made a sandbox that they could dig for dinosaurs and put Jerrasic Park music in the background. I made chocolate cupcakes with dinosaurs on them and a little cake for Ben. Ben had a blast with his friends and that's all that mattered. At the end, the neighbor friends did a parade on their bikes for him as a present. It was really cute and a great way to end.

we finished painting the stairs. I put dinosaur feet going down. Eventually we will cover them with flooring.

streamers up. We still had to finish painting the back wall.

offering a shredded wheat.

being cute while we cut all the dinosuar tracks

I painted the inside of the fireplace. now just to put trim around the tile

dinosaur cereal for birthday breakfast

hot dogs and cake

after everyone left. It's a nice space down there. I can't wait to make it a gym with lots of plants

very excited about his cat car and gekomobile

the sandbox was great

grandma B got him these lego trucks

This amaryllis is just so pretty this year

second round on Sunday

the weather has been so nice lately. We went outside Sunday afternoon and got things ready to roast hotdogs with the missionaries

so fun to have so much room

pesky stayed with me while I burned out old kitchen drawers

wrestling..

birthday aftermath...at least it makes us get projects done.