Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thank Goodness for Daddys!!!

being the mother of boys has proved to be both a wonderful and also eye-opening experience! growing up, it was just my sister and i and while we were the best of playmates and had our share of "adventures", not many involved mud, worms, or the need to change clothes three times a day. in view of that, i have come to appreciate more and more my most wonderful husband who, at the end of a long day, somehow musters up the energy for bike rides, painting model cars, fishing...you name it. he is an amazing daddy and without him, i'm afraid my boys might live relatively boring lives!;) here is a sampling of the fun activites ben david and james have been up to lately...


FIRST CATCH!! (it's there...i promise:)

(ben david actually caught about 7 all by himself!) he was insistent on casting his on rod. ben kept explaining he could do that when he was bigger, to which ben david would reply: "daddy, i'm all bigger now!!"

james hooked one, with a little help:)

and yes...ben even rigged up the johnny jump up for the boys the other night. quite the hilarious scene!!


painting model trains (and some skin in the process)

eating a WHOLE piece of watermelon
(or a "big daddy" piece, as ben david would say)

fun in the sprinkler ball (thanks case, stella and ru!)
sadly, james was terrified of this after ben intentionally had him lean over the ball and get squirted in the face!!
baseball time...must wear a hat just like dad!
model race cars...thanks nana!!
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What Flavor Do You Fancy???

we are on the countdown...about a month until baby #3 makes his or her arrival! this time around, ben and i decided to venture into some uncharted territory by NOT finding out the gender of our little one. this took MUCH effort on my part, but has proved to be a very fun and exciting experience. nonetheless, we have had many a conversation speculating on whether we will be a family of three boys or perhaps add a little girl to the crew.
one of my most memorable conversations with ben on this subject actually evolved one evening several months ago when we were sitting around eating a few pints of ben and jerry's ice cream (a current favorite pregnancy past time:). it went something like this:
me: "so...what are you REALLY thinking...boy or girl??"
ben: "why do you even ask? you know i am sure it is a boy."
me: "there is no way you know that...what do you base it on?"
ben: "well...it is kind of like choosing a B&J ice cream flavor for you."
me: " what?"
ben: "well...if i was to pick out the flavor i thought you were most likely to want, history has shown that 9 times out of 10, that flavor proves to be new york super fudge chunk (my favorite). so...i think i'd be pretty safe choosing that one and it being the one you wanted. HOWEVER...there is always that VERY SLIM CHANCE that on that particular night you actually wanted brownie cheesecake (another fav). so...while there is the remote possibility i could have picked the wrong flavor by choosing NYSFC, odds are, i chose correctly.
me: long pause
me: you don't know

so there you have it folks in ice cream lingo: my husband is sure we will have another "new york super fudge chunk" though i assure him there is a 50% chance it could be a "little brownie cheesecake." that being said, here is your opportunity to cast your vote!! notice the poll on the right side of our blog and take a minute to give us your opinion! you have about a month to deliberate before the polls officially close and the results are disclosed. until that time, we'd love to know just what flavor do you fancy??
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