Last Weekend

I feel so far behind on blogging!  Actually, I feel really far behind on lots of things lately.  Every spare chance I have had recently has been spent either sleeping, doing laundry, or cleaning/organizing.  Last weekend was a great break in the routine.  John was headed to Castaway with a busload of high schoolers so the boys and I packed up for a weekend in Stillwater.  Little did we know, we would wake up to this:

A total winter wonderland!  It was a surprise!  The same system didn't move through Eau Claire at all, so we hadn't heard the forecast for snow.  Unfortunately, I didn't have the kids' boots along.  In the end, it was ok because they both came down with little colds and we enjoyed being cozy indoors.

Logan loves Nana's stash of playdoh!

This is from far away, but Bennett loves just hanging out in the porch by himself...he climbs around and lounges.  As Logan would say, "Just hangin' out and chillin' out".

Bennett is such a little charmer.  He is difficult for me many days, but he sure knows how to melt our hearts when he wants to!  He is almost 18 months now.  His speech is really developing quickly, and we are thankful for that!  Often, if he can communicate well, we can avoid a tantrum.  Bennett has no fear, loves to do just what Logan does, and plays really well alongside Logan or by himself.

Logan took a pretend nap with Frosty.  We do a lot of pretend play.  Usually L, B, and I are all puppies for a stint each day.

With my dad out of town in Asia for work and John at camp.  The boys flocked to Uncle Andrew for some "man time"!  He was a trooper because he watched a train show on the computer with both boys in his lap - and shared his popcorn!

Bennett loves turkeys.  He is a little turkey himself.  Here he is kissing the turkey after saying "gobb, gobb".

One of the highlights for the boys was our trip to Rosedale Mall.  My mom had heard they were running a small train through the mall, so we had to check it out!  We stopped for lunch at CPK first, which was just short of a complete distaster.  Then it was on to find the train...

When Logan saw the train, he just couldn't believe it - there is no track!  While we waited our turn in line, the train did a full loop around the mall and Logan could hardly stand the anticipation.  He grabbed onto Nana, hugging her and saying, "Oh my goodness, I am so excited, I can't believe it!"  It was so cute to see how excited all the kids were to get on the little train.  I think Rosedale hit the jackpot with this idea.

I should've had the video camera running because the boys were so cute, waving to everyone in the mall (it was BUSY! - I haven't started our Christmas shopping yet!) and Logan was saying, "Can you believe it?  We're riding this train!!".  It was so much fun for all of us.  The boys really didn't want to get off when the ride was over, but somehow we left the mall with only one trip on the train.

Then it was back home to see Dad!  What a fun weekend!