My Boys

I have two boys at my house that get the Sunday afternoon wiggles...

Actually, this is pretty much a daily occurrence.  :)

Twenty-Six!

Our favorite husband & daddy just turned

TWENTY-SIX!

We celebrated by visiting the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis (Ben's been wanting to see it)--pretty cool, but glad we didn't have to pay (we got free passes from the library!)...

It's an awesome view of the city...but I was surprised about how nervous I got being up so high!  Minneapolis really is a cool city with lots of skyscrapers.

Poor little Abram was sick!

(I thought the music on the building was cool)

We had baked coconut shrimp for dinner (Ben's request)--
Abram didn't have any but loved the tropical rice. :)

...opened gifts...

...and after Abram went to bed, 

watched March Madness on the quilt my mom made for Ben while we had 

homemade fresh mint ice cream (also Ben's request) with homemade brownie mixed in--

really unique and really yummy!

Wishing many more happy years to a wonderful man who truly lives happy, fulfilled life.  I'm so grateful for him and his example.

Love you, Ben (and Daddy)!

The Side Swig

Abram presents:

the side swig [thuh sahyd swihg]

noun

1. the most efficient and sophisticated method of sippy-drinking

ABRAM'S LATEST
His FAVORITE thing is going outside--
playing in the sand or dirt,
following squirrels,
going down the slide,
watching other kids,
receiving compliments about his "beautiful, golden hair" from the Asians,
going off exploring on his own and not even looking back,
running away (basically) from mommy when it's time to go inside...
and when we're not outside--
he's looking out the window
or bringing his shoes to me so we can go outside.

He folds his arms for prayer (for about 3 seconds)
and loves to show us his crib tricks after naps (bouncing & "running" back and forth in his crib).
He also loves getting new board books from the library (especially ones with car pictures)!
He now has a grand total of 10 teeth, including a few molars.

His recognizable vocabulary consists of:
"pss" (please)
and
"no" or "doh" (meaning yes!)
He seems to understand much of what we say to him (go find your shoes, where's your jacket, let's change your diaper (after which he runs away, ha), where's daddy?, let's go outside, fold your arms...)

Sweet little boy!