Book Sharing Monday

Chippy goes to the Dentist

Yet another book I remember from my childhood. I love these cause they're part of the "A Happy Ending Book" series. Chippy eats too much junk, doesn't brush properly and has to go to the dentist for a cavity. I just love these old books. They're kind of girly, but a book's a book, Ben doesn't seem to mind.

Independence Lake is awesome.

Sunday James, Ben, and I went to Independence Lake for the first time. It is so awesome! They have a lake, and a little beach area, a play ground area, picnic tables galore, bbqs, trails to walk, and a splash pad! It was so fun that I took Ben and Aunt Kelly back yesterday! I haven't uploaded those picture yet though. We have had a good couple of days!

The water is really cold, which would be great on a really hot day!

But it wasn't that hot that day, it was great weather, but Ben thought the water was just too cold. So did I.

He let me cuddle him to warm him up :)

Book Sharing Monday

It's Not Easy Being Big!






I remembered this book from my childhood, and searched and searched and finally found it on Amazon as "rare" for $2.91 :) I just love vintage Sesame Street.

Photos by Benjamin

Ben has learned how to use the digital camera.




He gets a little excited and can't hold it still every time.

And his finger sometimes gets in the way.

Summer is in full swing! Fourth of July was kind of boring.. but it was Ok. We went to a party at my mom's boyfriend's grandparent's house... (whew that was a mouthful) They have a super weird house that is old and moldy with carpet on the ceilings... they used to be crazy drunken swinigers in their prime. But they have a beautiful backyard with an inground pool, so that was fun. It was crappy weather, about 65 degrees, and the pool was about the same.. but of course Ben had to try it out. Luckily, my sister, the best Auntie in the world took him in there.

This picture is hilarious, the look on Kelly's face shows how freezing the pool was.
Ben got cold, he started turning purple. I'd ask him if he wanted to get out and he would chatter back Noooooo. LOL!

We've done some art projects lately. We painted rocks and glued googly eyes on to make a Rock Family. It's really cute. I should take better pictures. The rocks are a little too big for him to play with.. he does... but I'm afraid he's going to drop one on his toe. So they are living on the window sill for now. He loves them though, he thinks they're pretty fun.

We went to the Manchester parade that kicks off the fair week. It wasn't Ben's first parade, but now that he's gettin bigger he can really have fun. They threw candy, he thought that was soooo fun. He would run and pick it up and then throw it back. LOL.

They had a camel at the fair this year. That was pretty exciting.

Once again Super Auntie took Ben on a bunch of rides. He loved it.

We didn't eat any food, shoot.

He loved this ride. Truckin' USA. LOL

Gotta love the ghetto spray paint art on the kiddie ride!

He cried when it was time to get off.

And of course, the Spinning Apple Ride...

We had Ben's latest night yet that night. We didn't leave until 9:00, he usually goes to bed at 8! We got home around 9:30, had a bottle, but he didn't fall asleep until 10:15. I was exhausted. James was in Boston so I had him all to myself, and I was so sleepy after that long day.