Win a Melissa & Doug Play Kitchen!

I don't usually put offers like these on our blogs, but man, this is too good of a deal to pass up. We've been eyeing one of these for Bennett for Christmas. Here's the link: http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2009/10/28/melissa-doug-play-kitchen-giveaway/

Halloween-A Tale of Two Costumes

Bennett's October has been a constant battle to get into costume and learning how his cuteness exponentially increases his amount of clinginess to Mommy. He doesn't like adults telling him how cute he is (egads, don't talk to directly to him!) and he has been incredibly cute as both a cowboy and Elmo. We went to a Halloween costume wedding for Arty's cousin, Amanda, and we had a Sesame Street theme built around Bennett's Elmo character. Mommy was Elmo's goldfish, Dorothy, and Daddy was the Count.

Mommy's Favorite Time of the Year--Fall Festivals

Weekend Without Daddy

Daddy was out of town this weekend, so we went wild! We went to the local park and the zoo on Saturday. On Sunday, we went to the grocery store, the Forest Park train, and Trinity Park. Bennett is a complete daredevil on the slides. I helped him up the big kids' stairs the first few times and then told him to do it on his own. With my heart in my mouth, I watched him struggle and make it again and again, and the smile on his face when he came down that big slide is priceless.
At the zoo

Showing off his new train whistle

Climbing up the ladder to the big slide

Washington D.C.

From this slide show you can see Bennett enjoyed himself in Washington DC. He and dad got to explore the city while mom was stuck in training:(

Ride'em Cowboy!

Please note that our little city boy enjoyed the 25 cent plastic horse WAY MORE than the $8 pony. However, the pony won Mommy & Daddy's heart because Bennett told him "Bye, Wusty" when we left. This child is talking up a storm. He calls Smith "Bish", Penny is "P.E." and on and on. He can say "far twuck", "up high", "airpane". You just wouldn't believe the sentences he makes. He's growing so fast, but then, I guess that is the point of the blog. :-)

Zoo & Playdoh

We went to the zoo on a whim this afternoon. Then Bennett found the playdoh and took it over to his table, which I interpreted as him wanting to play. He loves making spaghetti and says "whey, whey, WEEEEEE" as he pumps the levers to make the spaghetti. As I'm typing this, he just got his leg stuck in the child gate and started yelling, "KNEE, KNEE!" He is really talking a lot. At the zoo, he said "rhino, mahkey, and dog-roo (kangaroo)". He also called the clown fish NEMO! Hilarious! I'm glad he doesn't remember that Nemo gave him nightmares.