We're getting pretty good at this INSIDE thing... Ben loves to color and 'do' stickers. he also really likes to wash all of his animals in the sink. These two (giraffe and zebra) he picked out at the store himself! Ben was treated to the toys because he has been such a BIG boy about giving up his breastfeeding. Ben and Mumma nursed through his 2 1/2 year birthday! Wow! We talked a lot about how Ben is a big boy now and he didn't need to nurse anymore, so when it came to the day after his 2 1/2 year birthday (Thursday the 12th was his half-birthday) he was prepared. There have only been a few tears shed (both B and Mumma), but it's been far easier than I thought it would be. B would tell everyone, "no more nursing on thirteen" (the 13th). The few times he's really wanted to nurse I would tell him he was a big boy and he'd say, "No, I'm just a little baby!" Most of the time he agrees that he's a big boy though. And sometimes he'll ask to nurse and then look at me and say, "Mumma, I just teasing!" Such a funny boy.
One of Ben's favorite things to do is ride his bike in the barn. He straps on the helmet himself and boy does he cruise fast! He could ride around and around for hours. He's frequently very sweaty when that helmet finally comes off. :)
We had quite a snow storm overnight! We lost power for several hours, but thankfully it came back on as Ben and I were waking up this morning. I couldn't open our back door far enough for Ben and me to get out, so we ended up going from the porch in snow that was up to my thighs. It was hard-going, pulling Benners along behind me in his sled but he laughed and laughed at me as I struggled to get him into the driveway. Falling over into the snow was a sure bet for hysterics. Fun. Once Daddy got up we played in the snow and Ben was "King of the Hill" which he loved, but not as much as jumping from the top of the hill into Daddy's arms.
