Oink, Moo, Neigh - It was Ben's 2nd B-day!

For Ben's party we rented a corral at Deanna Rose and my whole family came in town.  It was quite the celebration although a quick one so that the kiddos could run around and have fun at all that the farmstead has to offer.  Plus Ben decided to pass along pink eye, strep and now I have tonsillitis so needless to say I was not feeling the best.  The weather ended up cooperating for the most part as well and didn't rain on us during the cake and presents, but sprinkled a little on everyone shortly after.  Sounds like everyone ended up having a good time even after I left with Ashley and Momo to beat the rain.  I heard Mallory was quite the fisherwoman also, but no pics to show of it unfortunately.

When it came time to sing happy birthday to Ben he just kept screaming "NO!" as we did, but once it was over and the candle was blown out with a little help from Dad he was happy to have his cupcake.  Apparently he was really hungry and could've cared less about anything except the cupcake.

Ben had quite a haul of presents and so far has loved all of them.  He couldn't get past the motorcycle present which was the first one he opened when we were there, but the more he saw, the more he liked.  He's loved all the bubbles, chalk, hot wheel track, fishing game, balls, etc.  We cannot thank everyone enough for all of his great toys.

The rest of the weekend Ben chased his cousins around and it was great that he started following them without needing one of us to go with him.  He's really starting to pay attention to and follow the lead of the others on what they do whether it's good or bad.

His latest thing to say is "Two more minutes" when he wants to keep playing.  We use the 5 minute countdown during bedtime and when we are leaving places sometimes to avoid meltdowns and so far it's worked like a champ, but now we are encountering Ben using this method to try and get more time when we don't use it. This is his "Two more minute" face.  Eventually he'll learn to hold up two fingers instead of just the one.

Who says bath time isn't fun?!