Teeth...

Sam is trying to cut at least 4, maybe 6 teeth at once. This is making for a sad little Samsam. He's restless, not sleeping or napping well and I'm tired as well. I'm hoping after this wave there will be a lull before the eye teeth come in. He still enjoys chasing his brother around and getting into the middle of whatever he's doing.
Ben has really started to take an interest in reading and writing. He's learning letter sounds and likes to write people's names. It's coming together for him and one of these days it's going to really click and I expect he's going to take off with reading. He's also very interested in anything Narnia, seeds and gardening, pinewood derby cars...He's a busy kid! We would like to have a pinewood track at home to race cars. Grandpa Thomas is making a car for our "derby" and I've heard even Grandpa Shepard has given it some thought. These cars will probably be so beautifully done that I won't want little boys to play with them...I'd better get started on my entry!

Grand Prix

Videos from the AWANA Grand Prix! Just Ben's car...when it was my car's turn the next week I was too busy yelling "Turn my car around, it goes the other way!" to take video. I'm convinced if they ran my car the way I was weighted to go, I would have won....Ben took 4th for speed and was disapointed that they forgot to give him a trophy. Benjamin and I are working on new cars (won't be able to run in the AWANA race) and I'm looking at practice tracks so we can hold our own races at home. Awards will be hugs, kisses and cheers only.

The Samsam, caught on tape. Ben has a tendency to get in his way and prevent forward motion...probably a normal brother thing to do. He took a few steps on Wednesday Jan 21 in the afternoon and then about 12 in the evening. Since then he takes more and more every day. Enjoy!

Sorry not to have a picture of him standing on the top...but i instead felt the need to drop the camera and make sure I could catch him. Rest assured..he did decide to stand on top and announce his victory.

Sam isn't walking on his own yet but he loves to push things around the house, climb, ride the radio flyer mini trike and every now and then take a few steps. Crawling or riding is much faster for him.