Benner's Birthday

Well, my baby is 2. I can hardly believe it. The first year of his life dragged on and on and the second one has flown by. He brings so much joy and laughter to our family. He is full of energy and life. He is independent in so many ways now. We celebrated in the evening by having a Ben family home evening where we talked about his pregnancy and birth. Then we all told what we liked about Ben and what he brings to our family. The consensus was that he is very funny, as two year olds often are. The kids gave him some of their cast off toys and we gave him a few presents. He loved his Blues Clues dog and his Little People house. He especially likes opening the doors and shoving the people through. Then we had Mexican Chocolate cake and ice cream. The kids decorated the cake. Then he stayed up late and played some basketball with his mom while Adam played fooseball with his dad (we bought a cheap used fooseball table on Saturday). I think I got the most exercise as I had to lift Ben up to the hoop each time. He is a hefty two years old. It was a pretty low key day, but fun too. At the beginning of the day when we would sing Happy Birthday he would sing to me, since my birthday was a week ago, but by the end he would point to himself and say "Ben's birthday". It was a good day.