life

Some friends had a huge pile of sand they were giving away so we decided to haul it into our backyard, even though we have no place to put it for the time being.  Benj loves it, although it results in diapers that look like ...

this.

We can't wait to tell Benj how when he was little we were SO POOR that we had to pull this toy out of a garbage can for him.  I was looking to buy one of these guys and was surprised by how much they cost, thus was thrilled at finding one in our neighbor's trash.  What a steal!  Literally.

I'm also proud of this - I consolidated ALL my hundreds of recipes from various cookbooks, index cards, the internet, etc. into ONE place.  It has 27 different categories.

Benj loves water.  And sticks ... so so much.

Training him young.  He is scrubbing the oven.  He must see mom cleaning a lot.

I feel so lucky to have a cuddly baby.  He will just snuggle up to you forever.  These two are best best friends.

I made Benj's binky into a popsicle, which he loved.
And that's what life is like around these parts lately.  Yep.  Pretty boring.