And so it begins...

The potty humor, that is. I guess boys never really grow up since John was the one who started it all...

John: "Wanna hear a secret?"

Ben: "Yeah."

John (whispering in Ben's ear): "Fart."

Ben: laughs

John: "Go tell mommy your secret."

Ben: "Mom, come fart in my ear!"

Mom: Gives dad the evil eye, but can't help laughing out loud.

Ben's Valentines

I got to go help at Ben's Valentine party at school yesterday. It's so fun to see him in his own element, away from home, even if he has to "show off" a little for his mom and doesn't listen to his teacher as well as he normally does. We had fun cutting hearts out of our sandwiches, eating heart-shaped cookies, and of course, delivering valentine's to each other. I had fun making Ben's valentines and he was really excited to give them away, he even stuck one into his own box...

I just have to say this was not an original idea of mine at all... my sister did this last year for her kids and I thought it was so cute! I wasn't sure if Ben would cooperate with posing for the picture, but promising one of the heart suckers he picked out really did the trick as you can see!

As for our own celebrations, we're having the sister missionaries over for dinner tonight... very romantic, I know. But they're super fun so we'll all have a good time. Happy Valentine's Day!

No Nap?

The last few weeks, Ben has been resisting nap time a little more. Occasionally, I just let him stay up as long as he plays quietly upstairs. The other day, it was a little too quiet. You know what I'm talking about - the kind of quiet that immediately makes you wonder what naughty thing they're up to this time. So I run up the stairs all ready to catch him red-handed, only to find this...

So sweet. I should have laid him down to make him a little more comfortable instead of running for my camera, but I'm a blogger through and through and just had to capture the moment. I didn't think he'd last very long up on the couch, but a while later he was still there snoozing away...

Guess we're not quite ready to give up on nap time completely... {big sigh of relief}!

P.S. I'm in love with these new digital thrift store frames. You can find them here.