Our sweet Ben Ben celebrated his 3rd birthday this month! We love this little guy to pieces! His actual birthday was a Tuesday, so it was kind of lame because we all had to be at work/school/daycare and then Jamie had to teach his adult art class that evening. But we still managed to make it special and Ben seem just tickled the whole day.
Happy Birthday, Ben!
Daddy made some special pancakes for Ben
Working on his new Lego set before Jamie's class!
We went through the whole birthday song, Ben surprised me by knowing most of the words!
One of his bigger gifts was an excavator (or "excabator" as Ben calls it), and I had a really hard time prying him away from it. He's really into construction equipment lately, and is getting pretty good at knowing all the names (mom is proud). Still working on the difference between a loader and a dozer though!
Time to dig!
While a bit big, Evie really loves this thing too!
We had the family over for a party on the weekend. The kids got hard hats and went to work constructing toothpick structures. I was just trying to keep them busy for a bit, but they were surprisingly into it! Maggie even made more structures the next day!
Future engineers?
Ben was perhaps the smartest kid, opting to skewer and eat marshmallows rather than build!
They all did a great job!
Maggie and Luke combined their work to make a mega-structure
Violet getting her hard hat ready with Frozen stickers
Will got there late, so he appointed himself judge (and helper)!
It was great to have the family together, and we all took turns stealing baby Jane for some cuddles!
Grandma with her oldest and youngest grandbabies
Jane hanging with my mom
Talking with Grandpa
Lots of gifts for this kiddo!
Let them eat cake!
A construction party requires a dirt cake (with larger than life worms)
Family!
Cousins in a box
Ben's new toybox! Yes!
Stair-Ball! Intense game.
Here's a few other photos:
The girls started piano lessons and are loving it!
Spoiled by Aunt Jody, Grammer and Grandma on V-Day!
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