Spring Break

We spent a fun-filled week in California during Spring Break. We went to the beach twice, played at a train museum, celebrated Ben's and Grandma's birthday, went to the park a couple of times, enjoyed Easter at Grandpa and Grandma Taylor's house, watched movies, and just enjoyed time together. Ben wanted a jungle cake for his birthday. He was pretty happy with how it turned out. I think one of their most favorite parts about picking a cake is choosing one that we can put little toys on (and then they get to keep those toys afterwards). Ben is totally infatuated with the beach. He doesn't go way out in the waves, but he plays in the water and digs in the sand and rolls in the sand and loves every minute of it. We even managed to fit in the flu (yep - Megan, Nathan and I all got a good case of the throw-up flu, and then Caelan caught something the day we

got home). But, overall it was a great week.

Birthday Boy

Ben's 4th birthday was on Sunday. He was in CA with Sean, so we didn't do the whole "celebration" thing (that will happen this week), but we did sing to him over the phone. Ben is our man of many questions these days. He always wants to know what is going on, and what will be happening next, and why people are doing this or that. It's especially fun for Sean when they are driving back and forth to CA (they get a lot of good father-son bonding). Currently Ben loves: *his flip flops (seriously, he'll sleep in them) *shorts (it's almost impossible to get this boy into pants) *strawberries and olives and cereal *the beach (he went a couple weeks ago and can't stop talking about it) *little hand toys (any animal or figurine he can hold in his hand) *running *going anywhere anyone else goes (he doesn't really care where - he just wants to go) We love Ben. He is such a special and fun part of our family. Happy Birthday Dude! And, in honor of his birthday here are some pictures from the past: