Sunday, May 30, 2010

No More Monkies Jumpin' On The Bed!

Benson and Owen enjoy jumping on their beds.  They will usually end up pulling their matresses off and making a "bridge" with them.  It's quite annoying.  A couple Sundays ago, I was getting ready for church and I could hear them jumping.  I don't remember what Jeff was doing---probably preparing his primary lesson.  I yelled to the boys to stop, but do they listen? No!  I was running behind & I thought "well at least they're not buggin' me while I'm getting ready".  I know, I'm a great mom.  A few minutes later I hear Owen crying pretty bad, and then Benson starts crying his scared/I'm in trouble cry.  I tell Jeff to go see what's wrong. Jeff came quickly down the stairs holding Owen and told me to look at his head.


  When I saw the massive bump, I kicked it into gear and got an icepack.  My mom has a great story about how icepacks saved her from looking awful after a nasty trip she took.  It's a great story.  Anyways, back to Owen.  He didn't like the icepack, but he let us put it on there for a little while.  He stopped crying after a few minutes and seemed fine. 


I checked his eyes to see if he had any signs of a concusion.  Benson kept wanting to get in the pictures like we were all having a fun photoshoot. 

I felt awful.  You can still feel a little of the bump today.  It happened 2 weeks ago.  I wonder if there will be any permanent damage.  A small bump forever?

Monday, May 10, 2010

My Mother's Day note...from Benson

In Benson's Preschool they asked him some questions about me. 

What's your mom's name?
mommy
(that's right)

What does she do?
She works in the house and does the laundry.
(um...yep!)

How old is she?
4 fingers
(At least he knows how old he is.)

What is her favorite color?
Orange
(He must've been thinkin' of Daddy...)

What is her favorite food?
popcake
(I don't know what that is, but I like the sound of it.  I love pop & cake, so let's just make a compound word out of it.)

What is her favorite movie?
Lightening McQueen One
(as opposed to Lightening McQueen 2 or 3?)

How many brothers and sisters does she have?
7
(nope, but at least he said a number)

Where does she like to take you for fun?
Preschool
(I've never-not even once-taken him to preschool.  But he loves it.)

What message do you want to send her for mother's day?
Mommy I love you and can I play my star wars game?
(Benson lives for his star wars game.  It's pathetic.)

Thanks Benson...I love you too!
{Picture taken by himself} 

Saturday, May 1, 2010

photo contest

My neighbor is an awesome photographer.  She is having a contest to win a free fun booth session.  Check out her website.  http://www.lindsayrossphotography.com/