Night Night Time

Most of the time, I think parents feel that the best time of the night is when their kids go to bed. Truthfully, I think Geoff and I miss Benjamin when he goes to sleep. Of course, this might change when Sarah gets here because we will be so worn out, but for now we miss him when he goes off to dreamland.

The process of putting him to bed, though, is one of our favorite times. Benjamin really enjoys books, so we read 3-4 books to him, sing a little, snuggle a little, pray with him and hug and kiss him goodnight. Geoff usually spends 30-45 minutes doing the nighttime routine (several minutes longer than I do), so Benjamin always wants Daddy to put him to bed. My part of putting him to bed is usually bringing him water and giving him hugs and kisses after Daddy is done. When I walk in his room, he throws his arms and legs in the air with a big smile on his face and says, "got mama, got mama." He wraps his arms and legs around me and hugs and kisses me. In turn, I kiss and hug him back and he just giggles and continues to say, "got mama, got mama." It is such a precious time for us.

Dixon's Water Birthday Party

We had a big morning at a birthday party for Dixon, one of Benjamin's friends. It was a water party that Benjamin enjoyed after he warmed up to everyone. He is definitely a shy little boy. They had a couple of baby pools, a slip 'n slide and a sprinkler ball. Benjamin slid down the slip 'n slide once on his belly and ran down it several times after that. He had much more fun playing with a plastic choo-choo in the splash pool at the end of the slide.

The best part of a birthday party for Benjamin is always the opportunity to "eat cake." He enjoyed Dixon's fish-shaped cake and continues to talk about "eat cake, eat cake." He also hasn't figured out that he isn't supposed to tell the recipient about the presents he got them. As soon as we got there, he told Dixon that he got him "Thomas, Ahn and Peh," which is Benjamin-speak for Thomas and his coaches, Annie and Clarabel. While it's doubtful that Dixon was able to decipher what Benjamin was talking about, we thought it was hilarious.