Fun with Cousins

The day after Benjamin's birthday was spent with Babushka and Dadushka (Grandma and Grandpa Ahlgrim), Jim and Kathy, Alexa, Alex and Mia. It was great for Benjamin to get to spend time with some of his cousins. He loves them!

We started the day at the water park. Benjamin had a blast splashing in the water and going down the slides. He didn't love when the water shot out of the train all over his head. During that time he just clung to my leg. Of course, that didn't stop Ed from pumping the water pump over and over!



We had lunch at our house and then went to Choo Choo Bob's to play with the trains. I think we have a future train lover in our house. I wouldn't expect anything else as part of the Ahlgrim family! Finally, we hit Izzy's for Ice Cream. What a great day it was!





Click here for more pics from the day. We have so many pictures from the weekend, I thought I would do another slide show.

Benjamin's Birthday

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Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday, Benjamin!! I couldn't quite get the "I'm 2" on video, but hopefully we'll get it before the end of the day.

Laughing

Benjamin rocks Ray

Benjamin loves his cousin, Ray. He is very gentle with him -- most of the time! Here he is rocking Ray to sleep before he and Mary leave.

Growing so fast

One of the men at church got this picture of Benjamin last week. He looks so grown up! We will be celebrating his baptism on June 1st at church. He'll be 2 by then!!

March Madness

Really, these are March Memories. Here are some of my favorite pictures and memories from March.

Benjamin is talking more and more. It is great to hear not only the many words he is now saying (including lawn mower!), but also his imitation of me and Ed. He has picked up common phrases and words. Here are a few:

"Oh well" - this one is my current favorite
"All right" - as in, "cool"
"Ouch" - used for any type of bump, even the door against the wall
"Hmmm" - as if pondering something very important
"Hm" - the shortened version, spoken like, "is that so?"

Hair - Benjamin's hair is getting longer and we are starting to see some curls! Ed occasionally likes to style Ben's hair with the tools on the vacuum cleaner. It makes for a pretty cool do.












With spring comes warmer weather and rain gear. Benjamin, like Charlie, likes to wear his outdoor gear indoors, but these will be put away very soon!
Mary loaned Benjamin the cool yellow rain suit. It has already been covered in mud once! We can't wait for more spring rain!
The last picture is Benjamin in the great "I love bananas!" pajamas from Grandma Spohr.













































Food - Benjamin is becoming more and more of a picky eater. Right now for morning snack he is having an apple; however, he is spitting out all of the skin. This is new. He has developed a distaste for carrots. Even broccoli -- a one-time favorite vegetable, even raw (see pics) -- is hit or miss depending on the day. On a now rare broccoli-liking day, Benjamin took the broccoli out of the grocery bag and started chomping away on it.