Indoor baseball

Everything I know I learned from my brother

How to line up cars

How to "hoard" cars, so that no one else can get them

How to say, "Mine!"

Conversations

Benjamin is at that age where every day he says something amusing or interesting or insightful...

Said to Grandma while we were in Colorado, and Grandma was chasing him: "Grandma, you're pretty fast for an old person!"

While talking about sharing cars with Paul: "I like to share the weird cars with Paul." Spoken like a true older brother!

Conversation while putting together a Noah's Ark puzzle:

"Mommy, let's pretend we're in heaven."

"Okay."

"Hmmm...I wonder where Jesus it?"

"I don't know. He must be doing something else."

"I know! How about you pretend to be Jesus."

"Um, all right."

"Jesus, you sent this flood didn't you? No, actually it was God."

"That's right."

"And all of the people in the ark died."

"No, all of the people that weren't in the ark died."

"Oh, yeah. They died because their houses got flooded."

And another heaven conversation:

"Mommy, I'd like to go to heaven soon. When do you think we should go?"

"Well, remember you have to die first."

"Oh, yeah, so maybe when I'm really old then I'll die and go to heaven."

"Are you excited to go to heaven?"

"Yeah! Because you get to see Jesus there!"

That conversation really got me thinking. How many of us are actually excited to go to heaven and see Jesus?

Check out this invention

This definitely helped improve Paul's score, since he wasn't all that interested in rolling the ball down the alley. He's much more into throwing balls.

Bowling

Monday was rainy and cold, so we decided to take the boys bowling. Paul had never been inside a bowling alley before, and Benjamin hadn't been bowling since he was about Paul's age. They had a great time. Paul was more interested in just exploring the place, but Benjamin really got into it. Thank goodness for bumpers, though!

Out to eat

Benjamin enjoying his ice cream! About a month ago, we met Jonathan at Friendly's after work. Jonathan and I both couldn't get over how grown-up Benjamin seemed--patiently waiting for our food, ordering himself, having a nice dinner conversation. "So, let's talk!" It was just so pleasant. It seems like Benjamin has matured so much since he's turned four.

Hiding

Paul enjoys emptying this cupboard and hiding in it. It's adorable to watch his "counting" when we play hide-and-seek. He covers his eyes and "counts." And then he says "Where are you?" (It sound more like "are ooo?") He'll look around and say, "Nope!"