A Moment at Our House

We were just having a regular afternoon-- the boys dancing around to music and showing off their silly exuberance. As I watched them play, I found myself feeling that sweet, warm surge of gratitude and contentment that quietly comes in those moments of motherhood. My boys are so sweet, if very boyish and a bit wound up ;), and I sure love them!




PS: This is for you, GRAMMY & GRAMPA & UNCLE BRYCE & Co.--- here's some more fun moments, including Benjamin drawing and Jonathan's current monkey noises. :)

Benjamin's Art Gallery

Benjamin loves to draw and color. He's actually pretty good at it, too... or at least I, his appropriately biased and adoring mother, certainly thinks so! His artistic skill has really progressed a lot in the past year, especially in the past month. Benjamin has an awesome imagination and it shows in his drawings-- his artwork also totally cracks us up. It's clever, cute, fun, and quite creative. We're pretty impressed, actually.

Yesterday morning he showed me these drawings:

Interesting. But then Benjamin explained what each drawing was and I became really impressed!

No kidding, this is exactly what he told me. I have no idea why there's an orange and pear in outer space (I'm thinking he meant something else, but couldn't think of what how to say it), but everything else makes remarkable sense (but then, does it need to make sense?). And where did he learn about the Milky Way? Amazing. He's just amazing. :)

That same morning, he also showed me this:

I was pretty excited to hear him tell me about it, after hearing about "Outer Space". "It's my party, Mommy!", he said, "My birthday." And he went on to describe each drawing:

My GOODNESS! What a creative little guy! I'm just amazed.

So, after enjoying these little pieces of artwork so much, I felt motivated to scan in my favorites of Benjamin's art the past year (as we think they're worthy of permanent record). I know my family will get a big kick out of them, so here's a Benjamin Art Gallery. Enjoy! :)






Check out some of the details-- a cowboy hat, holding a outer space thing, ears, eyebrows, hair, etc... Benjamin's the coolest...


LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS ONE!! Makes me so happy. :)








I asked Benjamin what the horn-things were and he said, "Mommy, it's a Viking." Wow. Okay then.


Heee-larious. Don't ask me about the "baby". No it's not some sort of announcement. But it is funny that Benjamin would think about something like that. In this picture he gave us all fingers. I love that he circled himself a bunch of times. And that I'm the privileged one to get a neck... and a nice round "body". Right.

I'm very excited to see what my little boy will come up with next! With his new pre-school routine, daily life, and a crazy active mind, he is learning so much so fast. It's so fun and exciting for all of us. I'm must admit, I'm a pretty proud parent. But in a good way, I think. :)

Have a great week! See ya!

Thank You Grammy, Grampa Kelly, Uncle Cody, & Aunt Mollie!

Hi, this is Benjamin.
I just wanted to say thank you to my Grammy, G'pa Kelly, Uncle Cody, and Aunt Mollie for the great coloring book you made for me. It's my favorite. I colored all the pictures as soon as I got it. I wanted to share them with you. Here I am, with my pictures! I love you!