Summer Fun

Its summer time and I'm sure you're all wondering what Ben has been up to now that he's ONE!  As you can imagine, Ben is a very busy boy...  we've been doing lots of his faviorite things that I've talked about before. 

Of course he still spends each work day with his friends over at daycare. 

I posted a (very popular) similar picture a while back in and its amazing to see how much they've all grown since then!  Yes, these are the same kids (minus one).

Ben is still going to swimming classes every Saturday morning.  And he just loves it.

Just look at that smile! 

And take a look at him launching out of the water here!!

And here he is just after going under water...

What a cutie...

But I also thought I'd show you some of the things that Ben likes to do that I haven't talked about so much before.  Like did anyone know that Ben is getting into the Arts?  He just loves playing the piano.

Just about every day he spends a few minutes "tickling the ivories."  

Being that its summer, he also can't help but stay up late playing on the internet.

And of course watching TV with his friends...

Ben's pretty big for his age.  In fact he's off the charts according to our doctors - over the 100th percentile in just about every area.  He needs to maintain all that weight, so he does eat alot. 

In fact, he cleans his plate just about all of the time.

Yes, his plate is clean, but it also doesn't alway mean his tray is clean or that he eats it all.  Lately when Ben doesn't like something... he just tosses it - especially when I try and sneak in some veggies in with his meat.  Not that he doesn't like his veggies, but he's not always in the mood for them.  Meat on the other hand, he will always eat meat.

Watermellon, is another story...

Ben will eat the watermelon but he spits out the red part and chews on the rind.  Go figure.

Then when he's done, look what we find.

A very messy boy!

Cucumbers are fun too...  Fun to tease Grandpa with...

"You want some Grandpa?"  (Naaahh!)

Ben also likes teasing Lybbie...  He LOVES his Lybbie.

Lybbie's not so sure though...  But she doesn't always run away either.

But in the end, this little boy can pretty much do nothing wrong!  Just look at that cute face.

What a great summer this has been for everyone!