Tuesday, June 30, 2009

My 3 Sons....


A hodgepodge of photos of the boys from May till now~




















So much has gone on and more happens everyday, I'm so behind......so here is an update:



Benjamin [Michael Lee]~
age: 8 years old (5/11/01)

height: 4'5"

weight: 90 lbs.
favorite foods: pizza, watermelon, tacos, cheeseburgers and fries, pancakes, lasagna,
salad with croutons, bacon bits and ranch, sausage, cookies, Popsicles, sweet baby rays BBQ sauce, ketchup, choco milk, browies,rootbeer floats, blended creme frappuccinos from starbucks

favorite books: Magic Tree House book series and Cam Jansen series, listening to The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

favorite activities: riding bikes, skateboarding, playing with the neighbor boys, swimming,
soccer, playing corn hole, playing the Wii (at friends houses)
most recent accomplishment: Popping wheelies...he can just about ride a wheely now!

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Elijah [James Cole]~
age: 2 years old (almost 3-8/2/06)
height: 32"
weight: 31 lbs.

favorite foods: broccoli with ranch, watermelon, pancakes, salads with ranch, peanut butter, oatmeal with cinnamon and honey, eggs, chips (any kind) chocolate, choco milk, coffee with flavored cream (he calls it coppee) ice cream, brownies, cookies
favorite book: anything that i will read to him....LOVES Dora and Diego

favorite activities: anything that Ben is into (he is his shadow), playing in the dirt, collecting frogs(toads, really), making Ezra laugh, pestering Ben, making me angry--haha, riding bikes, skateboarding, playing with neighbor kids, playing with water whether it's with the hose, water table or my garden pond, helping me with any chore like making my bed or doing the dishes (he's very sweet).

most recent accomplishment: he now rides his bike without training wheels--he can even stop using his brakes without falling, most of the time....now we are trying to teach him how to start on his own.

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Ezra [Kye Yates]~
age: 10 months (8/27/08)

height:28"
weight: 16.5 lbs last time we checked at his 9 month appt.

favorite foods: bananas and sweet potatoes are at the top of the list but he eats lots of food (that is for a future blog)
favorite activities: crawling, eating anything he can get his hands on--especially paper, playing with his brothers toys, walking along furniture, cuddling and sucking on his fingers
words he says: mama (1st), baba ??? the boys think he is saying brother, bye bye (he also waves this) and now dada (finally he started saying this two days ago...I'm soooo glad)

words he signs: milk, all done, and he is trying to sign more (currently he kinda claps it as he says what sounds like more)
most recent accomplishments: standing by himself

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Hilltop Christian Camp

Ben went to camp this year at Hilltop Christian Camp in Brown County. He attended their Day camps the last two years where they ease you into the camp experience for just the day. This year was his first time staying overnight (2 nights, 3 days). He had such a great time and his leader/counselor absolutely loved him. When I showed up to take him home she asked if she could keep him, of course he shook his head "yes". When asked if he was any trouble she said he was an awesome kid and that he sweet enough to give back rubs!!! What a charmer he is....in fact so much so that he ended up in a group with eight girls and they called there group "Ben and the Ladies".....the saga never ends! When asked why he was in a group with all girls he exclaimed that they picked him! Naturally, it has always been this way! In preschool (at age 4) he was in a bilingual class and all of the "white" girls (5 of them) in his class waited for him to arrive to school and then when he got there they ran off together to the playground....one the moms told me that her little girl kept writing him name in her notebook at home! Yikes! Last year, two weeks before school was out, he told me that he had a girlfriend, double yikes! This year, he is torn between two girls, Kristen and Arin. He spends his entire recess time with these girls pushing them on the swings or walking the track together! One day he came home from school and begged to be home schooled, when asked why he burst out with "Kristen Nelson keeps ignoring me!" Then a few weeks ago he told me that Arin broke his heart.....aww, that breaks my heart...then it makes me bust out in laughter....are you kidding me, I sure hope he holds onto some of this sensitivity! Back to Camp....so the theme was Jesus 24/7 and he learned a lot about the fact that he can communicate with God anytime and anywhere and also about the missions in Haiti and Honduras that Hilltop supports. He is eager to go back to camp...I'm so glad he had such a nice time.


Ben taking a pic of his dorm that he stayed in for two nights


When Elijah was told to give Ben a hug and kiss goodbye he began to cry

how sweet, he loves Ben soooo much!