Chuck E Cheese Prize - the Bug!

Uncle Colin watched the boys while George and I had a night out in Portsmouth. He took them to Chuck E Cheese as a good uncle should. At the end of the night, Benny found some extra tickets and with Kelsey's help, chose an extra special prize.

Here is a video of it in action:

Breakfast for Dinner

Last night we had breakfast for dinner. Quite fun especially since I was only responsible for the home fries. My boys took care of the rest.

The boys - getting ready to eat.

The short order cook - he makes a better omelet than I do!

Jacob did the toast.

For some reason Benny insisted on hovering his hand over the toast!

The home fries....

And the bacon! Everyone needs some bacon once in a while.

As Jacob's classmates say - "If you don't like bacon, then you are not human!"

Not sure why they are talking about bacon though.
And yes, that is Benny's hand in the picture again.

Nerf Gun Warriors

They boys had a Nerf Gun fight this morning while I was grocery shopping. Before the battle started, they needed to make sure they were dressed appropriately.

Benny looks scary!

Boys and their Nerf guns....goodness

Happy Birthday Benny!

Benjamin turns 7 today! Hard to believe my little boy is growing up.

The big boy!

And just a few years ago...

Tonight we go to Newick's to collect Benny's free birthday dinner. He'll have fried baby shrimp. I'll have fried scallops and calamari! Grandma and Grandpa will join us too.

Fun?

Here is how I looked while sledding today.

Thanks to Jacob for snagging this part of the image for me! He has some good computer skills.

Sledding

We went sledding today. We first tried Wagon Hill in Durham but it was ridiculously crowded and there was no parking and way too many people. George then took us to a spot in Epping on Ledge Farm Road. It was great - a fast hill and not many people. These older boys were building a jump and let Jacob and Ben have a shot at it. Here are some pictures:

The hill - with the boys at the bottom.

Go Benny!

Jacob - making his way back up.

Going down the hill - fast and bumpy!

Up again.

George and Benny.

Benny and I went together....we hit this jump and wiped out!

All smiles!

Snowman - Snowbird

A foot of snow fell on Sunday night and into Monday. And then more snow came on Tuesday...

Snowman.

Snowbird.