Fly on the Wall

Every night when Kent comes home, Ben pulls the blinds back and see his truck. As soon as that truck is in the drive, Ben begins running through the house yelling "Daddy home, Daddy home." This past week all seven of use have been sick so Kent has stayed home several days. We were all sitting in the living room watching a movie and Ben went to the window. He pulled back the blinds, gasped with delight and began yelling "Daddy home, Daddy home." He ran past Kent and to the back door apparently waiting for it to open. LOL

We have since learned that he must equate seeing the truck anywhere with Daddy being home. Kent was getting a flat fixed and Ben started his routine. We followed Kent to town and all the way there Ben stated "Daddy home, Daddy home." Oh to know what is fully going on in the mind of a two year old.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Kent and I recently turned 30. For my birthday we spent a day in Memphis hanging out but I didn't get any pictures. On Kent's birthday the kids and I planned a party.

Kent's gift was a box filled with 30 different things in multiples of 30. He had pictures drawn by the kids, various candies, gift cards for $30 for coffee and lunch, etc. It was a lot of fun to find things to put in the box. One of the "gifts" was 30 cupcakes. This isn't all 30 but you get the idea.

Everyone knows that once you become a Daddy, it is impossible to blow out your own candles. :)

Fly on the Wall

We were driving to town yesterday when the kids began fighting. The three oldest sit across the back seat of the van. If the saying absence makes the heart grow fonder is true, then it must be the touching that makes the heart desire annoy those nearest you. Apparently, Madisyn had picked at Ty until he could take no more. He lashed out at her little louder than normal and yelled at Madisyn "You're nothing but a little persecutor!". Kent and I were unable to discipline either one of them because we were laughing too hard. And we were a little proud that he used the word in it's correct sense and pronunciation.

August is Breastfeeding Month

I recently found out that August is World Breastfeeding month. In honor of that the people at Baby Blues compiled some of their favorite cartoons. I posted a few of my favorites here.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Ben!

Ben's birthday is July 3rd, this year we decided to have a 4th of July celebration in conjunction with his party.

Henry enjoyed the view from his swing.

We had tons of food : BBQ, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans and two cakes.

This was Ben's "birthday" cake. I made another cake called the Strawberry Shortcake Cake. I got the recipe from Pioneer Woman.