The Barn

My parents recently gave me my childhood doll house that was yellow with a white roof and a few frills. Now you can see the transformation. Although it still looks more like a "dollhouse" than a barn, I had fun painting, sanding, glueing, and hammering. I still have some of the furniture and with the added cows, horses, dinosaurs, cowboys, and Little People, it'a a regular community barn for the whole town.
It's time for her to go to bed.

This is Ben's favorite horse. He calls it his peanut butter horse and he likes to put as many "guys" on it as possible. Great Aunt Ruth gave two buckets full of toys to Mema just for Ben. There are horses, cows, dinosaurs, old fashioned cowboys and Indians, whales, dogs...you get the picture. It's hours of fun for us both :-)
Cowboy Glenn here is roundin' up the dinos.

Panda Bear, Panda Bear

The video is a bit dark, but Ben couldn't be cuter! Granny gave Ben this book last weekend so he wouldn't feel left out when dad was opening birthday presents. At first Ben was bummed that his gift was a book but after reading it a few 1, 000 times it's now his favorite book!

Preschool Bound!

Ben is FINALLY at school. He's been asking to go all weekend. This morning he escaped outside TWICE ready to go to school. He walked in, met Miss Johnna, and went straight to the bus and started playing. He was telling me that the kids in the bus were going to school.

First day of preschool pics with dad and mom.

Trying to get Ben to sit still and smile is difficult. He can't help but move around and he's so interested in looking at the picture on the back of the camera after it's taken. These pics were taken just before we left for preschool.

Yes, he's going to be THE cutest kid in the whole preschool. And probably the most ornery!