Country Fun

While Steven was away for the weekend at a wedding, Ben and I went looking for some fun! We found ourselves an hour from home at the Great Country Farms in Bluemont, Virginia. Look how beautiful it is! The farm was a great place with pick-you-own fruit, toys for the kids, fishing, hayrides and farm animals to feed. We spent the whole day enjoying the farm!

The Biggest Moon Bounce Ever!

For Ben's Little Friends (this is a slide)

Feeding Goats

The Roosters are Planning Something

Can we have a pet goat? And emu?

The majority of our time was spent on feeding animals. Look at the amusement on this face. Now Ben wishes he lived on a farm.

Ben's Favorite: Emu Birds

Farm Friends

Hayride

On on our way to the orchard.

Picking Peaches

Watching Others Fish

Since I have no fishing skills of my own, we watched as a random family fished. They were kind enough to let Ben share in the experience of seeing the fish up close and touching it. Although the fish were small, the kids were never disappointed. You only had to wait a few seconds after the bait touched the water to get a bite. Very easy fishing!

Tooth Down

The dances posted below, are the last dances Ben ever did with his top two teeth. Immediatly after the filming of the dances, Ben sat on my lap eating a cinnamon roll as we previewed his work on the computer. Suddenly he said, "uh oh!" He put the roll down and ran to the bathroom. Seeing his tooth dangling and ready to come out, I thought I was going to be sick having to touch it and pull it out. But no need for worry because Ben just grabbed a hold of it himself and got the job done. Look at this whole new smile! That tooth lasted so much longer than we expected. Remember the bathtub slipping incident of September of 08', which caused a rush to the photography studio for a "last" picture with both his top teeth. I really believe only Ben's little prayers that they would stay in, kept them hanging on for so long.

Ben's New Moves

Dancing to:

Jai Ho
and
Mad

Influenced by:

Robert Murane, Phillip Shabeeb and dance numbers from So You Think You Can Dance

More Dance Moves For Ben's Fans

Tooth Fairy Box

Since Ben has begun to lose his teeth regularly, we decided to paint up a special box.

Ben's First Case of Poison Ivy

In New York Over the Fourth of July

We headed up to NYC over Fourth of July weekend to go to a wedding and enjoy the cities fireworks. Thanks Chris and Janelle for a great time! It was beautiful!

The Boat Pond at Central Park