May 26th - June 1st

Since Monday was Memorial Day this meant we had more time for the never ending yard work.  We finished putting in the new bushes (there's a picture of them later).  This proved to be a bit challenging as they were going into an area close to some trees so there were lots of roots to deal with.  During Bennett's nap Chris and I were outside working and we were quite surprised when we saw Bennett come outside.  (We'd had the monitor with us but hadn't heard him.)  Apparently he had looked out a window, saw us, put his shoes on, and then came out the back door to find us.

After dinner we went for a walk.  Bennett wasn't so much interested in that, but he did enjoy picking dandelions.

Tuesday was a little too chilly to play outside so instead we made pudding pops, vacuumed, and played with Duplos.



On Wednesday Bennett asked to watch American Tail again.  But what was funny was that at one of the scary parts he ran to find me saying, "Mummy, save me!"

Confirming our suspicions that he's in the midst of a growth spurt, we measured Bennett and he's grown an inch in the past month.



When we picked Bennett up from school on Thursday we noticed he was in different clothes.  Apparently he had a bit of an accident when he decided to try to pee standing up.  Daddy later gave instructions on how to do this without getting all of your clothes wet.  :)

 After dinner Chris took out the old dishwasher in preparation for the new one to be delivered on Friday.  Bennett got his tools as well so that he could "help". 

Every time Chris got a new tool we would have Bennett get his as well- screwdriver, adjustable wrench, etc.

On Friday the new dishwasher was delivered and of course now we want to redo rest of the kitchen.

We also got a couple of pink flamingos (at Bennett's request) for the area by the new bushes.  Bennett has named them Charlie and Charkie.  (Charlie from this book and Charkie is from Curious George.)
Bennett and I also planted the squash plant that has grown from his plant a seed experience at OSV on Mother's Day.

Bennett: Are you going to put anything else here?
Mummy: Do you think that I should?
Bennett: Yes. Flamingos. Pink flamingos.

Saturday - 31
Saturday was pretty busy.  It started with soccer, which thankfully went better than the week before.  Bennett was much better about paying attention and listening to the coaches.

After soccer Bennett and Daddy stayed home, played outside, and watched Peter Pan while I helped Grandpa clean some stuff out of the basement at West Street.

New safety gear arrived so now Bennett can make his Derby Car!

After nap Bennett and Chris joined me for a haircut (I was the only one getting a trim) and then we all went to Nana's so that Chris could help with a few projects.  I brought along my sewing machine and hemmed a curtain for Liz as well.

When all our tasks were done we had a little bit of time to kill before we went to dinner at Grandpa's house so we went to the playground up the street.

On Sunday we had our weekly OSV visit. Lately Bennett has wanted his picture taken in these cutouts.  I think this summer when all the cousins come to visit we're going to have to take a group shot.

As always, we stopped at the tin shop.  However, this time we brought our watering can with us as it leaked a little.  Turns out the spout comes off so it can be changed from a sprinkle to a stream of water, so short of soldering those two parts together we may have to deal with a minimal leak.

Since the weather has warmed up it means that this cow can be "milked" again.

Back at home we did more yard work.  I know, it's a shocker!  We're removing one garden bed so luckily Andrew and Gentry are willing to take our dirt.  So Chris took a couple of loads of dirt to their house while Bennett and I went grocery shopping.

And that wraps up our week!

May 19 - 25

Another older post as I slowly work to get caught up...

On Monday Bennett played outside while Chris started to remove a bush that we decided to get rid of.  I stayed inside (taking pictures) and making dinner.
When they came inside Chris and I started talking measurements of our old dishwasher (we planned to replace it) and was calling out numbers to me.  Bennett ran to get his tape measure as well and started calling out random numbers every time Daddy did.
After dinner Bennett played some imaginary friends, ran from a monster, and dyed imaginary Easter eggs.

I'm not sure why it took a month, but we finally got our proofs from Bennett's school pictures on Tuesday.  At this rate it will likely be another month until the prints come in.  Both poses are great though, although some of the backdrop choices are pretty cheesy.  In the past we've gone with the Spring backdrop, but this time we'll stick with the grey.

When we got home Bennett had fun playing outside while Chris and I worked more on removing the bush.  Digging out roots is a big pain!
Since we had been working outside for so long we had a late dinner which meant we skipped Bennett's bath.  The late hour apparently didn't matter to him because he stayed awake talking to himself for quite some time after going to bed.

Well the bush was down but on Wednesday it was time for stump removal.  We dug it out and Chris also tied a rope to it so that we could pull it.  Bennett thought this was lots of fun.  He climbed into his playhouse and back down again and started pulling on the rope.   

It rained on Thursday so we couldn't go outside to play.  Instead we stayed inside and Bennett watched Peter Pan. 

We don't really watch many movies.  We are more likely to put on an episode of Curious George rather than a full-length movie.  On Friday we finally open up American Tale, which Bennett had gotten for Christmas.  He seemed to enjoy it, but did find a few moments to be a bit intense and scary.  (Maybe this is why we don't watch movies- they all seem to have scary parts to them, even the G rated movies.

Saturday started with soccer. Bennett was not interested AT ALL!  We ended up leaving early.  Not sure what it was- being in a different field than normal, no time for running around at the beginning, getting hit by a ball... all combined to make him not want to do anything.

So we headed off on various errands.  We went to the garden center and bought some new bushes to replace the one we removed, Old Navy to get Bennett some new pants, and the mall to pick out and order a dishwasher.  After all of that it was lunch time and then nap.

When Bennett woke up it was time to go to Uncle Andrew's house!  Chris and I had a date night to celebrate our 11th anniversary so Bennett spent the night with Uncle Andrew so that we wouldn't have to worry about getting home late, etc.  Poor Bennett and Uncle Andrew though, because Bennett woke up numerous times overnight.



Sunday morning we met Bennett and Uncle Andrew at Sturbridge for their Wool Days event.  Bennett asked Dave where they keep the electric blankets for the cows and chickens (if this doesn't make sense, read Click, Clack, Moo) but Dave said they don't have any because they don't have a typewriter or a Duck.

Bennett also participated in the tug-o-war.  We'd tried to get him to do it the week before but he hadn't been interested.  This time, as soon as he saw the rope, he wanted to join in.

Back at home we did more yard work.  Hopefully we'll be done with everything soon.

And then after dinner we had cake from the same place as our wedding cake.  So of course I had to put our cake toppers on it.  Yup, that's Marge and Homer Simpson.

We also gave Bennett some new "Mr Smee" PJs which he was excited to find in his room after his bath.