Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Memory Lane

These pictures are of Ben Parker ONE YEAR AGO at the Dallas Arboretum....they make me so so SO Sad but oh so HAPPY and PROUD at what an incredible lil guy he has become. He makes my heart so full!
Wasn't he so stinkin cute in his lil corduroy blazer






See next post at what a difference a year makes
Last Thursday we went to the Dallas Arboretum with Minnie and Cousin Brooklynn. We had so much fun running through the pumpkins and playing in the pumpkin houses!

Of course first thing first....SNACKS!




 Ben pushing baby Madison :)


Don't they look like a little family pushing their baby and picking out pumpkins for the front porch :) 


Minnie and Brooklynn


 Benny liked picking up and throwing the pumpkins

 





"Who's child is that?!?!"
Now when I talk about Ben doing the back arching this is what I'm talking about and that is a 35lbs boy




Ok so he might kind of be a Monster. But he is a really Cute Monster!



They had a lil Oktoberfest going on so Ben had a Root beer float!
 


Brooklynn watching herself eat guacamole in the mirror. She is so funny!


Sweet Sleeping Benny :)
What a fun day we had! Thanks Minnie and Brooklynn!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Dallas Zoo

Yesterday Ben and I went to the Dallas Zoo with our playgroup. I was worried because Ben thinks he is to big for the stroller and thought we might fight all day but he was SO good. He LOVED the ZOO! His room is decorated with animals so every night he points to his animals on the wall and we say night night elephant, night giraffe...etc. So I'm pretty sure when we left the giraffe's he said "night night raffe" The giraffe's would come right up to you and you could feed them the Zookeeper came up to Ben and gave him some lettuce to feed the giraffe because he could tell that Ben really liked them :) Also every new exhibit we came to Ben would say "WOW" Love that Guy :)

Also I AM THAT MOTHER. While we stopped to picnic all the OTHER moms pulled out their healthy lunches packed from home while me and Ben went to the Sahara Grill for chicken nuggets and fries! 
(thats a whole other post on my son's eating habits)




Ben looking at the penguins

 



Ben hangin with the younger ladies


"WOW"



Ben LOVES watching the big kids. After this picture ben tried reaching up and kicking up his feet!


Ben's Bud William


Pumba is back there in the mud


They explored All day together





They were so cute together


He was always trying to pick through




WOW....RAFFES



 
My favorite things are the Gorillas and Monkeys I laugh just looking at this picture


OUCH that is what you call "eatin dirt" Ben was scared not interested in the fake alligator so he took off running and face planted. He stood up spit out the dirt and kept running.

Ben and William at the Children's Zoo. I am so PROUD to say that while the OTHER kids were struggling and needing to go home, Ben and William got to stay longer and visit the other half of the zoo! William fell asleep  about 5 minutes later but no Ben he wasn't going to miss out. But he crashed before we left the zoo parking lot.
It was such a fun day!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Kid Kingdom

Yesterday we went to park in Rowlett called Kid Kingdom. We finally have PERFECT park weather! Ben had Fun running around and eating ice cream from the Ice Cream Man! Wearing one of his 6 halloween shirts...(Last year I bought several for 25cents on clearance, and grandma and minnie have both bought one.)
 I Love Halloween!