Meet Bobby....

Ok, it's been a week, time for a post! Meet Bobby, Benjamin's new friend! Rick brought him home a little something from the Brave's game Monday night. They did make the playoffs and he did get to go. They weren't there long, but did have a slight taste of postseason play.

Rick said we'll call him Bobby, for Bobby Cox of course. Benjamin caught on quick. He ran around all day talking about his new friend, Bobby. Out of the blue, he'd say "Want Bobby," and run to his room and fetch him off of the shelf.

Benjamin is home with me this week. His pre-school is on fall break. Although he is at home with me most of the time, normally, no breaks all week would freak me out, instead, I've resided to enjoy every minute of our time together. I've planned more structure to keep us both from going crazy. So far this week, we've made a pumpkin out of orange shapes, we've made jello in the shape of orange pumpkins, we've made orange rice crispy treats and the list goes on. Today we're going outside to get some colored leaves and twigs and find something fun to do with those. We've had a great time. I've decided not to be so uptight about everything this week. I've dealt with him better, his fits, and his times of joy when he just wants to tackle me and wrestle on the floor. I've started to just dismiss him to his room whenever he has a fit. He actually goes and that's his timeout. Before long he's saying, "Mooommmy? Where are you?" in the sweetest voice ever. He still doesn't get out until it's time though- I'm not that soft.



I've also been trying to clean the house this week...don't know why this week other than it was filthy! I was almost embarrassed to find that much dirt on our floors! I know one thing, I'm not mopping anymore. I don't mop as much as I should. Oddly enough, we don't have THAT many spills. Well, I mopped yesterday. I was so proud of my shiny floors! But...as soon as we got home from the grocery store, I realized we had a leaky milk carton....no biggie, I just wiped up the mess. Then, trying to make an empty pitcher for the milk, I spilt the tea everywhere! All over me, the floor, everything in the room had some tea on it. This morning, Benjamin pulled a gallon of pink lemonade off of the kitchen table, bursting the pitcher. So that's it...no more mopping for me...sorry.



Benjamin has a toy with plastic mail. He saw it this morning and could not wait till the mail carrier came. There was not doubt in my mind that he said, "when mail umming?" 300 times. Luckily, she came soon. :)

Benjamin is talking sooo much. He learns everything so quickly and we just laugh at the funny things that come out of his mouth. He's already got a little slang... He says, "Ere's a ball up in ere!" Part of that is natural...he doesn't pronounce the first letter of many words, but the other part, um... maybe the South. :) We'll have to work on that one.

Here's one of our recent conversations:

Me: "Benjamin, go take your crayons to your room."

B: "No."

Me: "Benjamin, you know not to tell Mommy 'no.' Go take your crayons to your room."

B: "Mama's turn."

So, he did end up taking them, but I couldn't help but laugh.

We are super excited about our weekend! We're having a scavenger hunt Friday night with the students, then Saturday is a game day. We love those around here. Also means we get to go watch the band rehearse Thurs. night - Benjamin's favorite thing to do!

Hope you find a great way to spend your weekend too...the weather is perfect right now!