"Donut, Mommy, Donut!"

Friday. August 10. 2012

"Donut, Mommy, Donut!" These were the words out of Ben's mouth when he woke up this morning. He is talking all the time now. His words are more clear everyday. This was a bitter sweet moment because he used to say "daddy" for "donut" - which was confusing at times, but still very cute. I remember this happening with Maggie - she would say "mank you" for thank you - "gridge" for bridge - "hand-band" for band-aid - "listers" for blisters - "brice" for rice - and the list goes on - I just can't remember them all. One thing she still says all time is "mom, we've been here for hours" - when she is trying to say "we've been here before". They are all things that some people would correct them for - but as a mom  - I think it's sweet. I know they will learn the correct words eventually, so why rush grammar lessons now :) 

Maggie thought the park bathrooms
were loud and smelly.

After he face-planted
into the mulch.

As for Ben's darling request for donuts - which I just could not say no to - we packed  up for the morning and headed to the drive through at Dunkin' Donuts. We took our tasty breakfast to Glen Oak Park and spent a beautiful morning playing on the slides and swings. Maggie enjoyed the bucket swings for almost the entire time - while Ben made sure to try every activity at least 30 times before we left the park. There is truly a difference between boys and girls. For instance, at one point, I turned to see Ben trip and face-plant himself into the mulch. He looked up at me with dirt and mulch all over his face and body - and just  laughed and went on to the next thing. Maggie, however, sang every Disney song peacefully to herself as she was swinging away. I look at Kathryn and wonder what her little personality will be. Dan and I see a lot of spunk in her already. She can give us the biggest smiles and 

Playtime with Petunia :)

belly laugh one minute, and the next minute she is screaming mad. The good thing is that she is easy to soothe. A diaper change, a feeding, or a walk around the house is usually all it takes. 

That is a little glimpse of our morning - Ben is down for a nap now, so we'll see what the afternoon brings when he is up and "round 2" starts. 

Happy Friday <3
Mommy Myers

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I've always wanted to write down some of the nicknames we have for Maggie, Ben and Kathryn - so here they go:

*Maggie - Margaret - Margie - Margery - Moo - Magoogles - Mags - Magpie - 

*Ben - Benjamin - Benny - Bennyhana - Hana -Jammin - Jam - Pajama - Benny boo - 

*Kathryn - Katie - Katie Jane - Janes - Birdie - Petunia - Petunia Rose