Tractors!

One of the first things Benny wanted to do at Grandpa's house was ride on Grandpa's tractors. Grandpa has restored two tractors and likes to give rides to his grandsons.

Grandpa got Benny his own tractor. Benny found out that he was finally tall enough to reach the pedals. He had fun riding it in Grandpa's garage.


As long as the weather was nice, Grandpa and Benny (and sometimes Timmy) were out riding on the tractors.

Grandma's Birthday!

At the beginning of April we traveled to Illinois to help Grandma Anderson celebrate her 70th birthday. We had an open house at the church. A lot of people came. The boys had fun. Timmy loved the balloons. Here is Grandma with her cake.
A better view of the cake. Each rose represented the birthstone of each of Grandma's four daughters, her two sons-in-law, and her two grandsons.

Thomas, Thomas and more Thomas

"Their two, their four, their six, their eight. Shunting trucks and hauling freight. Red and green and brown and blue. Their the really useful crew." Anybody who has a little one who loves Thomas & Friends probably now has that song stuck in their heads. At least I won't be the only one. It is Thomas all the time around here. Benny is really getting into Thomas the Tank Engine. I often hear him replaying scenes from the Thomas shows he has watched (thank you Netflix). New words have crept into his vocabulary. His train cars have to be coupled and uncoupled and at times they are cross. It is fun to watch his imagination grow. So if you are wondering what to get him for his birthday, he has a few requests. He would like the "Shake, Shake Bridge" from Misty Island Rescue as well as the "Take-a-long Knapford Station". Of course he would also like to add to his engine collection with motorized Gordon, James, Edward and the Logging Locos Bash, Dash and Ferdinand. We have the trackmasters series so extra track or train cars would be appreciated too.

Happy Birthday Timmy!

We celebrated Timmy's 1st birthday early. His good friend Zachary is exactly one month older than Timmy so Zachary's mother (Carina) and I decided to have a joint party. It was a jungle theme. Carina made the boys onesies. It had the number 1 on the front and B-Day Boy on the back.

I don't know if it was because he was tired or what, but Timmy did not want anything to do with his cake.

Yes, my boys have blue hair. It is a tradition of Carina's so I thought it would be fun. By the end of the night, the boys had gray hair.
While Timmy and Zachary had their individual cakes, here was the cake for everyone else.

We had banners made for the boys!

We had a great time and the boys had fun as well. Unfortunately, Timmy seems to be afraid of cakes in any form. We had cupcakes on his actual birthday. We sang to him, didn't light any candles and he still freaked out. I tried holding him, but that didn't work. He wouldn't let me eat my cupcake. Oh well, hopefully next year will be better.

Tiny Tim

Timmy had his 12 month checkup today. Other than a slight cold, he is doing fine. He weighs 19 lbs and is 28.5 inches long. He is at the bottom of the curve, but as long as he is in the curve, he is good. He is growing proportionately and that is what matters. He now has 4 teeth. The second front one broke through within the last few days. He had 4 shots. He came home and took a 3 hour nap. Poor little guy!

Snow!

We had some weird Winter weather lately. Yesterday we had snow showers. It would snow like crazy for about an hour and then the sun would shine and melt all the snow. The picture below shows the back end of one of the storms.

My poor flowers peeking out from the snow.

It ended up snowing about 3 inches. Enough for Benny to finally make his snowman.

Benny's snowman!

Family Tree

Benny brought home a family tree that he made at Sunday School a few weeks ago. I had to share how great his drawing has become. Grandpa should be proud that Benny now draws arms and legs. Not bad for a 3 1/2 year old!