Ben and The Feeneys

Todd and I attended Kevin and Jodi's wedding this weekend and left the care of our precious child in the hands of Y'vonne and Josh.
They wanted to take him to the zoo and out to eat. I thought this was an ambitious plan but if that is what they wanted to do, then I should let them have a go at it!

Of course the report back was that he was a perfect angel child and caused no problems at all, ate his dinner, and went to bed easily.

If Todd and I had tried this exact same day it would have resulted in a few tantrums and I bet no dinner would have been eaten. What is it about babysitters that make kids behave?

Here are some pictures that Y'vonne took at the zoo. You can tell that Y'vonne had the camera because Josh is in EVERY picture!

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day weekend we went up the Pat and Charlene's condo at Lake Geneva. Wendy and Dean were able to come up as well. We had a terrific time and the boys had fun playing together. Here are some pictures from our day at the park.

Aunt Wendy was really smart and brought BOTH of Dean's lawnmowers to play with. I can't imagine the carnage if she hadn't been so ingenious! Ben enjoyed being a "worker-man", fixing the mowers and making sure Dean had enough gas in his!

Long Time...

I sort of abandoned this blog for several months, but I am going to try and start back up. Ben is really talking up a storm and I think it will be nice to document some of the funny/cute things he says for everyone.

From Sunday:
It is 3:30 and Ben has been napping over 3 hours now, so I decided to go an give him a nudge into waking up.
He sits up in bed and looks at me sitting on the floor next to him.

Ben: No tawk mama
Me: What honey, no what?
Ben: Tawk mama, Ben no tawk.
Me: Ben doesn't want to talk now?
Ben: No.
Me: OK I'll be in the living room, call when you need me.

5 minutes later

Ben: MAMA!
Me: Are you ready to talk now?
Ben: YEAH!

His imagination has been really blossoming the last few weeks. He is pretending to be different animals or objects (a fire truck is especially loud!). If he is a kitty or a doggie you have to pet his head!

So really I am going to try and keep this up and think of a good Ben story a few times a week! Let's see if I can do it!

First Haircut

Ben got his very first haircut this weekend. He was growing quite a mullet, and while that might be a style choice for some people, it isn't the look we are going for!

I thought and thought about where I would take him to have it done. At the barber? At Supercuts? At one of those Kid's cuts places? And in the end I just could not bring myself to take him anywhere.

I was afraid he would scream, thrash around and make a big scene in the shop, and I didn't want to deal with that. I was afraid he would be scared, and what mom wants to scare their kid? And I was a little afraid myself, that taking him to get a "big boy" haircut, means that he was now a big boy, and I am just NOT ready for that!

So in the end, I cut it myself. I have never cut any one's hair before, unless you want to count trimming Todd's hairline, or the unfortunate bang cutting of my pre-teen years. SO it was pretty well certain that it was going to turn out badly.

After all was said and done, it actually doesn't look too bad. The front looks a bit choppy, and I can't say it is all even, but it looks better than the mullet.

And if you think it doesn't....don't tell me!

THE MULLET


What are you doing Mommy??


There is hair in my mouth!! There is HAIR. IN. MY. MOUTH!!

Cousins, Identical Cousins....Ok not even close to identical...but they are cousins

We had the wonderful fortune of babysitting our nephew Dean on Saturday night while his parents celebrated their wedding anniversary with dinner and a play.

Dean was such a wonderful baby! He never cried, he ate his dinner, he took his medicine, he went to bed without a peep. I think he was priming his aunt and uncle to have another baby someday. "See guys babies are EASY!"

The boys had fun playing together. Dean sitting and watching his tornado of a cousin, and Ben running in circles and bringing Dean every toy in his toy box. At least he was sharing!

Some Pictures

Bite me once....

Well Ben has a bit of a problem with a certain young lady in his room at daycare. I am sure she is normally a lovely little child, however something about my son brings out the fangs.

He was bitten for the 4th time yesterday. This time she drew blood.

When I picked him up yesterday he looked like he needed to go home and have a stiff drink (and no I didn't give him one, mommy had one instead, you know, for his sake). You could tell he was just .... DONE... with the day.

I asked the daycare director if there was anything that Ben was doing to provoke the little girl. Apparently he is a perfect gentleman (as 18 month olds go) and she just has a not so good way of dealing with her feelings. On one hand I was glad to hear that my son wasn't causing trouble, but on the other I wanted there to be some good reason why Ben is being picked on!

I feel very sorry for the parents of the little girl, I know they are doing everything they can to try and rid her of this habit. I do understand their frustration. But I hope that they saw my little boy yesterday, looking so sad and withdrawn, and can understand a little bit of mine.

New Words

Ben's new words in the last few weeks are just simply adorable.

He now can say "banana" except (like most kids) it comes out "nana". I can not tell you how cute it is to hear him say it.

Also, he now says "baby". When he says it he changes his voice to a very soft sweet sound and says each syllable as if it was its own word.

Oh goodness, my kid is too freakin' cute.