My Little Angel...

Best Big Brother Ever!!

Super Heroes

Lately Benjamin has really really been into all the Super Heroes. You know the ones...Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc. He has also been completely addicted to anything Star Wars. This was not my doing of course but Nate's...now he finally has someone to watch all those Star Wars episodes with! So there we were the other night, watching The Empire Strikes Back, Benjamin recreating the epic battle between Darth Vadar and Luke Skywalker. He was wearing his pink Superhero cape (yes...it's pink...he created it out of one of Maggie's blankets.) So Benjamin is "Hya...Hya"-ing his way around the living room (for some reason his battles involve some sort of hybrid martial arts!) and he comes over to me and touches me on the arm. With a very sincere look on his face he says "Mommy, some day you will be a Superhero too." He was so serious!!! I had to stop myself from laughing because I was afraid I would offend him! Benjamin...my little Jedi Knight!

Time For A Change!

Frankly, I'm not sure anyone is actually reading this blog any longer, but it was looked sad, worn and outdated so I figured it was time for a change. The biggest change of course (in the blog and in life) is the newest addition to the Huff Family. Maggie Rose was born Oct. 29th in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a little love with the chubbiest kissable cheeks you've ever seen! She keeps us busy but we wouldn't trade it for anything! Benjamin is about the best big brother in the whole world. He was in love with Maggie from the first second he saw her and he's already so protective! He refers to her as his baby and let's me know that he's just sharing her with me. He's the resident expert on all things Maggie, "Mommy, Baby Maggie is hungry" "Mommy, Baby Maggie spit up" "Mommy, I think Baby Maggie wants her binky." Oh yea...if you ask Benjamin what her name is he says "Baby Maggie." He did not like any of the cute nicknames we had begun to call her but did finally say it was okay to call her "Squeeky" since she actually squeeks! So now we are a family of four! Now it's time for me to sign off...Baby Maggie is hungry!

Heard Around Our House Recently

I saw this on another blog but kept forgetting all the cute things Benjamin was saying. Well, lately there has been a plethora of cute and not-so-cute stuff!! Sometimes I wonder...am I the mother of a preschooler or a teenager? Here are some of the recent "gems" out of Benjamin's mouth.

• "Jerkhead!" (This we heard once....and never since!)
• "I don't want to be your friend anymore."
• "I'm not talking to you!"
• "YOU'RE MEAN!" (while sobbing uncontrollably on a time-out)
• "I'm putting YOU on a time out!"
• "You're giving me a headache!" (I SWEAR...neither Nate nor I have EVER said this!"
• (Big breath in through the nose) "All I smell is bugers!"
• "Why does that boy talk like a girl?" (Said loudly in front of a young man with an unfortunately high pitched voice.)

There are probably a million more that I can't think of right now. I am convinced that some of these are things he has learned from Preschool....especially the "Jerkhead" one....he told me his friend taught him that! Do you recognize any of these from your childrens' mouths?

***Update-I was feeling sort of bad after I posted these recent phrases from Benjamin. I do find them amusing (you should have seen me trying to stiffle a laugh when I heard them!) but they don't exactly paint an accurate picture of Benjamin. I was reminded of this recently when, while shopping at Target, Benjamin leaned over to give me a hug and said SO sweetly "Mommy...I love your heart!" He also followed it up with "And I love your big brain!" I swear...I didn't coach him to say that....he's just very intuitive! But these are the kinds of phrases that are more commonplace in my house. Although Benjamin has his moments...he is really a very sweet boy!

One of Two Cool Ideas (that I stole from other people!)

I meant to blog about this awhile ago....but better late than never!! As many of you know we have turned what was once our office into the official play room now. All the toys have been taken out of Benjamin's room and now there is actually room for another baby...yea! So while we were making this transformation (office to play room) we decided to put some kid friendly art on the walls. We ordered some prints online and framed them but I also made something that I think is pretty cool! It's a place to hang Benjamin's artwork. I have to give credit to my cousin Stacy (thanks Stacy!) whom I ripped the idea off from, but I added a few things to make it my own. Here is a picture...

The whole thing was really quite easy! I took an extra piece of baseboard that we had, painted it white, mailed some picture hangers to the front and hung the large claw clips to them. It's sort of hard to see how cute it really is....and I probably could have used a brighter color, but I like it! And the really important thing is that Benjamin LOVES it...he can't wait to hang his artwork on it.

Here are some photos of the new play room area and the new artwork...

It's so nice to have all of Benjamin's toys out and accessible instead of being tucked away in his closet or on shelves in his room. And it's great that everything has a place to go...so Benjamin knows how to put them all away too! All of his books are in the bookcase to the right so he can get them out to read whenever he likes. He is very happy about the new play room! Okay...stayed tuned for info on the other great idea I stole!

The Funky Funky Ball Triple Lip!

Ever since his Grandpa's retirement party Benjamin has been quite the dancer! He was trying to stall going to bed tonight and said he just wanted to "listen to music and do a funky dance." I wasn't sure what a "funky dance" was so I had to check it out! At the end of the video when I asked him what he called his dance, he said it was the "Funky, Funky Ball Triple Lip!" I have NO idea what that is....but hope you enjoy watching it! And in case you were wondering....yes, that's me, telling my 3 year old son to shake his money maker!