Boys Playing

We sure have had fun playing with the boys over the last month and we've got lots of pictures that we haven't gotten around to posting. My maternity leave is over and I go back to work on Monday, so I wanted to take this last day and post some of them.

I swear Sam had barely played with the trains for the last six months. We had even contemplated putting some of it away. Then one day in December he decided they were the coolest toy and started playing with them every day. He's come up with some really cool track configurations that I never would have thought of. Quite the engineer!

Sam in one of the cute outfits he got for Christmas.

Sam loves to get under the play gym and play with Ben.

Sam plays with the toys and Ben watches intently.

Random picture of me sitting on the couch.

The boys school/day-care was closed for two weeks. I know our house must have been clean at some point during that time, but there wasn't much point in trying. This is what it looked like the night before they went back.

More pictures of the boys and the play gym.

Sam being a clown.

Ben is doing a great job holding his up his head during tummy time. These links are his favorite because they are so easy to grab.

Melanie and Chris making a custom upholstered headboard for Melanie's bed. She's so creative! It turned out awesome!

Sam and I kept busy taking down the Christmas decorations while Mimi and Daddy worked on the headboard. We have a lot of Hallmark ornaments which come in boxes with the picture on the box. Sam and I played a really fun matching game where he had to find and take down the ornament that matched the box. Sam had the best time and it kept him entertained for over an hour.

Oh, and by the way, it is now Daddy. DeeDah only slips out every once and a while. How sad! It was so cute.

Sam and Ben in the bath. Sam has obviously not been washed yet. Look at that messy mouth!

Ben LOVES the bath. He doesn't make a peep. He just makes these wide-eyed faces and splashes in the water. He is not happy when we take him out ...

... until he gets on his changing table. This is my favorite time of the day.

Sam wanted me to take his picture at a birthday party for one of his friends. It was at an arcade and we played laser tag. The laser tag vest was too heavy for him, so we mostly just ran around in the dark and pretended to shoot people. He had a blast!

Me feeding Ben in the kitchen. He's growing a lot and is eating 3 to 6 oz at each feeding.

Close-up of Ben. I bought this onesie at Disney World this summer.

I connected the links on the play gym so that they hang over Ben where he can reach them. He's getting better at grabbing them, but swatting at them makes him just as happy.

Sam built this track with his battery powered trains last night and wanted to play with them as soon as he got up this morning.

Ben was fascinated and watched for a while. Sam thought that was cool!