Day at the Park

This is for Uncle Steve!

Ben loves brushing his teeth with his new spiderman electric toothbrush. He especially loves to do it all by himself.

Funny Video

This was Ben's "big" present from Mom and Dad for his birthday. When he first opened it he would ride it like a cowboy. Now daddy gives him rides around the living room. He loves to turn on the music and dance to it!

Dinosaur Museum!

For those of you who haven't been to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point you are missing out in a very big way! I didn't think that it could possibly be so big or so cool. But it is both. They have unbelievable life size reproductions of the coolest dinosaurs, mammals and water creatures I have ever seen. They had awesome hands on sections for the kiddos including: build your own dinosaur, a sand /mud /water box to learn about erosion, and a giant sandbox for excavating dinosaur bones. Ben wasn't quite old enough to fully appreciate it, but we thought it was fantastic!

Update . . .

When I was making cookies for Ben's party he was having a fit because he had a taste of cookie dough, but he wanted the whole thing. We settled on the mixer because it took a lot of time and effort for a little sugar high. He loved it! (This one is for you Grandma Linda! I already have a dough snitcher!)

Ben is in fact holding his very own controller, with his thumbs in the correct position no less! Yikes. He even knows how to turn on the TV and the xBox. I am in so much trouble!

Congratulations to Grandpa Dave and Cindy on their recent marriage! We had a dinner at our house to celebrate and somehow Ben ended up showered with gifts. He loves to kick his new ball around the house. (Watch out Aunt Kiersten, you may have some serious competition!)

Tonka Truck

Ben received this awesome Tonka Truck for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Richens. Yesterday he figured out how to push it across the room. He would probably push it back and forth across the living room all day if we let him!

Tubby Time!

I just couldn't resist this little dimpled bum!

Happy Birthday Cookie Monster!!!

Benjamin officially turned 1 year old on March 3rd, 2009, but we had his cookie monster birthday party on March 8th. Ben was in heaven. Thanks to his grandmother he had over 7 different kinds of cookies to choose from. He sample two cookies before his party even got started. We had pizza for the main course, also a Benjamin favorite. He was spoiled rotten by everyone. He quadrupled the amount of toys he has in one day. Thank you to everyone! In line with Bruderer family tradition Ben got to wreck havoc on his very own cake on his big day. At one point there were 11 cameras on the poor kid! Afterward he left a chocolate bathtub ring in his grandmother's clean bathtub! As a present to his mother, he fell asleep on me after the party. It is my favorite thing in the world to hold him while he sleeps! Love you big boy!

Happy Birthday Ben!!

Ben started his birthday with banana pancakes for breakfast and for dinner we took him to Wendy's to get his first Happy Meal. Of course he didn't care about anything but the frosty (he ate the entire thing) and the toy, but what kid doesn't. We are having his big birthday party tomorrow which will be so much fun!

After his frosty was gone Ben kept flirting with the little girl at the next table.

Lightning McQueen!

Ben has figured out how to push his Lightning McQueen car around on the floor. He hasn't quite figured out that it drives much easier forward as opposed to sideways, but either way he is very pleased with himself and I love it because it keeps him busy for a little while!

New Blog!!

Check it out!! Out of the Ordinary is a new blog I started to motivate myself to get up off my bum and start photographing again. I am sick of looking at everybody else's websites and feeling sorry for myself that I am not photographing anything cool, but then I realized that that is my own fault. I am just not looking around!