Little Piggy

Benjamin LOVES food. He eats so much and is just generally excited about food. He has started on finger foods and is loving being able to stuff his own mouth with teething crackers and puffs.

He doesn't have any teeth but he just goes to town on this teething cracker. I had to put down the camera because I thought he was choking.. which he was but then he chokes it up and is right back at it. Now, if I could only get him to sleep as well as he eats :)

Nightly Band Practice

Playing Hooky

A few weeks ago Josie had her first experience with playing hooky. She was supposed to be at preschool but Marty was doing one of his first paid live broadcasts from dowtown. The whole event was sponsored by Toberlone Chocolates and they had free, small, chocolate samples and larger bars for those who participated in curling and who climbed the rock wall. Needless to say, we did both as well as were given a couple large box of Toberlone chocolate for ourselves. Josie gave a couple Toberlone bars to her preschool teacher and all was good with her missing class that day. Sheesh, teachers are so easily bribed :) I remember being bribed a time or two with a nice cup of Starbucks goodness.

Waiting to "play" curling? Or is it waiting to "curl?"

Juli on the rock wall

Josie desperately wanted to climb too but the harnesses were too big so she opted to climb as high as Marty could reach.

Juli at the top ringing the bell.

Marty's turn

And Marty made it, too. The thought of winning a free Toberlone chocolate bar kept him going.

My turn

I made it to the top, too, but the photo is even worse than this one. A harness doesn't do anyBODY any favors!!

Laughter

Josie can make Benjamin laugh like no other. There is never a dull moment when the two of them are together. He may not sleep much but he certainly is a happy kid with a quick smile and a contagious laugh.

Pumpkin Patch

I'm a little behind in my posting but a couple weeks before Halloween, we met Jen, Mia and Ellie at the coolest pumpkin patch/farm.
We went on a tractor ride to find our pumpkins

There was a cool hay maze with slides and games

A huge dried corn box

Making corn angels :)

A rubber ducky race

and "horses" to ride

I'm not exactly sure WHERE she learned how to lasso but she was quite good. At least her form was good.

We will definitely be back next year.

Date Night

We have gotten spoiled having Juli here to watch the kids so that we can go on a weekly date night. Normally, we just hit a happy hour somewhere in West Seattle. A great meal for under $20 and a couple hours alone together each week has been such a treat.
A couple weeks ago we decided to change things up a bit.

Here are Juli and Benjamin on their "date night." Juli often laments the fact that Benjamin is too young to be her actual boyfriend... oh, and the fact that they are related.

Marty, Josie and I headed off for our "date night" Unfortunately, it was raining but we still trekked up to the Admiral Junction.

We watched Toy Story III

Ate across the street at Josie's favorite restaurant - Indian Food.

Then headed to the nearby Baskin Robbins

And finished the night off with a few books at the public library.

Successful date night had by all :)

Soccer Mom??

Josie has been LOVING soccer. I'll have to get a video up soon showing how much she has improved.
Last week I had to bring snacks for the team after their Saturday game... does this officially make me a "soccer mom"??