Watermelon Freeze

Our family is a little obsessed with watermelon these days! Or newest love? Watermelon freeze!

2 cups frozen watermelon
1 cup fresh watermelon
juice from one lime
squeeze of honey

blend... love.

(if you don't want to freeze the watermelon first (actually it tastes good just like that too!) you could probably add some ice to the blender instead but it wouldn't be as "watermelon-y")

He Reads!

Ben has begun reading his early readers series on his own. He is SO proud of this accomplishment, as are we. His biggest cheerleader though is, as always his brother. He has Ben read to him over and over again. Ben has now taken it on himself to teach Jake to read himself. This will be interesting:)

Hot and Huge!

Oh yes I am!

Great Grammie's Mat

Ben loves his mat that his Great Grammie hooked him when he was born...this is the first time he has actually slept with it though!

"Big Big Corn"

 "Ohhhhh BIG BIG CORN, Mommy!" Jacob squealed in the grocery store. He rarely makes a fuss over buying things at the store so this request and excitement was unusual.
"You want the corn?"
"YIPEE (his adorable cheer at anything that goes his way)!!!! Big-Big Corn!"

In the cart it went and down went two pieces for dinner. He is a boy who knows what he wants!

Made Me Smile

 Ben is my helper...I count on him a lot. Mostly when it consists of bending over these days...or running up the stairs, or stopping Jake from maiming himself...I sometimes forget he is only 4.
But then when I check on him at night, "I'll Love you forever" style...he looks so little in his big bed. There is usually evidence of what he has been up to before he went to sleep and often a drawing or love note for "Moomy" left on his dresser. On this particular night, he has not only cleaned up his room, turned off his own light and pulled his blankets over him just so. He also picked out his clothes and laid them carefully on the bed...complete with a bow tie.
That little bow tie...it made me smile and smile bigger and harder until it came out in tears...because he is still my little boy even though he is big in so many ways...

Growing Up!

We took the boys to a local park for the long weekend that had some carnival games, car show, face painting and children's entertainment. When asked for volunteers to come up onstage Ben's hand shot up. This boy is more of a watch and observe for awhile before dipping a toe in kinda guy moreso than a dive right in kinda guy. I wasn't sure if he knew what he was volunteering for and tried to warn him what that meant but before I could get a word out he heard "Boy in the white!" and he ran up onstage! I could hardly believe it! He took his role as egg shaker very seriously and has his reward button proudly displayed on a shelf in his bedroom. He has become so confident in his abilities, responsible and capable. If four year old Ben has been such a joy I can't wait to see what five brings!