Ft. McHenry

John, Benjamin, and I met Amanda at Ft. McHenry last week. Even though it was cold and windy, we walked around quite a bit. Benjamin had fun posing with the cannons and cannon balls. I also managed to get both of my boys in jail for a picture.

The best part was Amanda getting a date with one of the guys in her group.

Photos on Facebook.

Christmas photos

I've been planning for weeks to take some formal Christmas photos of Benjamin. Because we've both been sick, it's been put off. We're both still coughing quite a bit, but I finally broke down and got it done. He was fairly cooperative. We did some in front of the Christmas tree then as a reward he was allowed to take the bears into the family room. I had sat down to download the pictures when he asked me to take some more pictures of him in front of the fireplace. My favorites are on Facebook.

Family Photo

A few weeks ago when Benjamin got his new church clothes we asked Dad to take a family picture for us. I've been experimenting with face swapping in Photoshop to get the best smile on Benjamin. Is it too obvious that this photo has been Photoshopped?

Visit with Santa

Today we braved the crowds and lines at the mall and took Benjamin to meet Santa. We've only done it once before (his first Christmas) and we figured this was the right year to do it. We stood in line for an hour and by the time we got to the front Benjamin was ready to go. It was hard to get a good smile. He was very hesitant to talk to the strange man, but eventually warmed up to him and looked to be telling him quite a story. When I went to retrieve him he was saying something about the guitar he wants for Christmas. I don't know what else he told him. We had discussed beforehand what he was going to ask for and both items he is getting, so I'm not worried.

Thanksgiving 2010

I just posted some pictures of our Thanksgiving on Facebook. The highlight of my day was the fact that Benjamin actually ate what the rest of us did. In the past he's eaten baby food, slept through the meal, or eaten stuff like chicken nuggets or spaghettios. The only thing we added to the table for him was carrots because he doesn't eat corn (strange, but I'm hardly going to complain if he prefers the more healthy veggie). He still won't eat olives, but we're working on it. He has had half a piece of pumpkin and apple pie. No cherry or pecan yet.

November Birthdays

Last Sunday when we gave Mom her presents Benjamin mentioned that we really needed a cake. I had already planned on making a pudding dessert (John's request). When it was time to eat it we let Benjamin pose with it and blow out the candles. He also really enjoyed eating his piece.

I've posted some pictures on Facebook.

Veggie Tales Live!

A couple weeks ago we went to Woodbridge to see Veggie Tales Live! They sang a lot of their most popular songs as well as songs from their new CD "Bob & Larry Sing the 80's". We bought the CD while we were there and Benjamin hasn't listened to anything else since then. It's really funny to hear him singing songs like "Gourds Just Want to Have Fun" and "Footloose".

I didn't get many pictures of Benjamin during the concert because it was dark in the audience. I posted the few that I did get on Facebook.