Easter Sunday

Here is what Benny wore to church on Easter Sunday. He sure was excited to go. Either that or it was the sugar rush from his Easter candy.

Benny's Easter Basket

Benny received many neat things from the Easter Bunny this year. This is the first year the Easter Bunny came to our house. Last year Benny was only 8 months old. Wow, has time flown!

Anyway, Benny received some coloring books because he just loves to color.

He has a little dump truck because he loves anything with wheels.

What a cute little bunny! Benny is holding sidewalk chalk. This is Benny's new favorite activity to do outside.

He also received a sippy cup with baby Elmo on it.

He also received some Little People by Fisher Price. He liked putting the dog and chicken in his little dump truck and then dumping them out.

Coloring Easter Eggs

This is the first time Benny has colored Easter eggs. I only did 4 eggs because he doesn't eat hard boiled eggs very often. When he does eat them, he only eats the white part and not the yolk.

Look at the pretty eggs.

By the end, Benny's hands were a lovely shade of orange-ish green.
Look what Benny is doing!

Where did the egg go?

I tried using the little egg dipper that came with the kit, but Benny started just playing with it.

Happy Easter!

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!

The Jelly Belly Factory

One of our first stops on our trip to San Fransisco was in Fairfield, California. It is home to the Jelly Belly Factory. We were about to take a tour of the factory, which was fun, but we were not allowed to take pictures. Benny liked watching the people working.

Here is what you see when you walk through the front door. This is where we had to wait in line for the next tour.

This is a portrait of President Reagan. He was the one that made Jelly Belly Beans a household name. What I didn't know was that he had started eating them way before he became President. He used them to help him kick his tobacco habit.

Here is Benny and I in front of a huge inflatable Jelly Belly Bean.

We had a lot of fun trying out different flavors of jelly beans. We even bought some to bring home.

My Silly Boy

Benny really like to draw or in his case scribble. He does a great job of drawing circles. These pictures were taken right before we left for vacation. We are glad he likes this because it really helps to occupy him when we eat out. We have quite a collection of crayons from many restaurants.

Update!

Sorry I haven't updated this in awhile. We were on Vacation the last two weeks of March. We went to San Fransisco and I will post pictures and video of that adventure sometime this week. We had a lot of fun and I think the only one who was not stressed out or worn out was Benny. He discovered that he likes to chase pigeons.

Our little boy is trying to be more social. At least with the kids in our neighbor hood. The other day some kids were down by our house and Benny went up to them and said "hi" and then said something that was totally beyond understanding, but he said it like he was asking a question. The kids said "hi" back to him and then promptly ignored him. Benny came back to the street in front of our house and drew with his sidewalk chalk. (This is his new favorite thing to do. That and chase bubbles.) He didn't seem phased by it. My little boy is growing up.