Memorial Day Weekend

What a nice Memorial Day weekend we had relaxing and spending time with some of our friends. It's always a special treat for Ben to have his daddy home on the weekend or a holiday since he does not get to see too much of him during the week. Here are the two boys watching tv together on Saturday morning.


Yesterday we had some of our local friends over for a barbeque and it was tons of fun! Luckily the weather held out for us - they had been predicting thunderstorms - so it was warm and dry all day. There were lots of kids attending so we set up Ben's kiddie pool and his sand and water table for them to use. Of course they all had a blast getting sandy and wet! Unfortunately I was busy bustling around most of the day so I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked but I do have some and will update this post if I get any emailed to me.

Ben, Elaina and Olivia in the pool cooling off. (Well, Ben had been in the pool before and is making a rash decision to join the girls in the water again!) How funny that the girls are sitting so refined in the water playing while Ben is diving over the edge like a burst of energy - the difference between girls and boys, I suppose!



Amy with a smiley Samantha, enjoying a cuddle from her mom.


Tyler and Elaina in the sand and water table after the water-side had been taken over by sand too!

Julie (and Mark in the background resting) watching our friends' son Nicholas play with a big truck.

The two Mini-Me's and their daddies: David holding Nicholas and Andrew holding Ben. Neither of these men can deny their sons!


Sometimes Ben gets overstimulated around large crowds and prefers to play alone. Here he is chilling out by himself with his favorite truck while the rest of the party continues without him. It's so cute that he knows when he needs a little downtime.


Finally, our friends Ray and Missy made an appearance with their TWO WEEK old son, Jonathan. Mom and Baby are doing well so they decided to brave Jonathan's first party...and he was wonderful for them so that they were able to relax a little. We were so glad that they all made it!

After all of yesterday's excitement, we literally did nothing today - slept, ate leftovers, played with Ben, slept, ate leftovers, played with Ben :). Andrew had been in the garage getting some things for the barbeque yesterday when he came across some of his old toys from when he was a little boy. He decided to pull out his collection of Matchbox cars since Ben loves his few new Matchbox cars he has and is fascinated with vehicles (and their sounds) overall. Here are the boys as Andrew shows Ben his cars. Ben was intrigued and Andrew loved sharing one of his favorite childhood toys with his little guy.