Thanksgiving and putting up the tree

Ben celebrated his first Thanksgiving feast at his school. Well, he celebrated last year with his sisters, but this was the first time he got to take part as part of a class. He made his own hat and everything! And he got to help his class make applesauce. He had a fun time helping out and also helping find garbage to clean up afterwards. We celebrated Thanksgiving just the 5 of us at home.

Abby and Klara helped with the green beans. They helped snap them apart and put them in a colander. Ben helped by watching and staying out of the way. :) We had a nice Thanksgiving and enjoyed some hot chocolate after dinner and watched a movie. We Also visited with my mom and grandma yesterday. Abby interviewed my grandma for a family tree she has to do. Today, Joe took Ben to get his second haircut. It was time, his hair was getting long enough that people were asking if we had 3 daughters. So, while they were away doing that, the girls and I put up the tree and some of the more delicate ornaments.Ben was so excited to see the tree when he got back home. And of course, he put some of the less fragile ornaments on as well.

Abby putting on some ornaments

Klara putting on ornaments

Then we got to visit with my mom and aunt and some of the kids cousins that they don't get to see as often, because they live in Nevada. They had a very nice time. So nice, Klara did not want to leave. Ever! So far, Ben has been doing pretty well, health wise. He has an ENT appointment this Friday. They will decide if he needs tubes or not. Because of the fact that he has been getting such frequent ear infections the pediatrician referred him to the ENT. If they decide to go ahead with the tubes, they will also go ahead and do his heart cath and biopsy at that time. We are hoping to be able to get it done the first week of Jan. That way he has had off for Christmas break and can stay healthy because he won't be around kids much, if at all, and have less of a chance of getting any bugs. Hopefully we can keep him healthy enough to get everything done. If not, well, there is always spring time. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Ben's second birthday

Happy birthday to Ben!

It has been a whirlwind 2 years! He woke up this morning to his favorite, chocolate cheerios

Then later for dinner had his favorite PB&J















After dinner we sang happy birthday. Well, first, Ben had to Shhh his sisters so we could get started.

We weren't able to go anywhere special for any of the kids birthdays this year due to how many illnesses Ben has come down with over the last 3 months. So, we celebrated at home. After Ben was done Shhing his sisters and they quieted down, we sang Happy Birthday. Ben even sang a little too.Then, he dug in to his cupcake. Joe got him a cupcake from Panera and the girls each a brownie

Yummy cupcake!

Almost done!

All finished! 

He had a really great night despite not going anywhere special. The next day he went to school and we brought 3 pictures in and his teachers did a walk around the sun with him. I haven't gotten the pictures from that yet. But will post them when I do!