Goldfish crackers and playdates

Real-life number two: We went to a friend's house for a play date today, and Benjamin ate the goldfish that his little friend had glued to a picture for a craft. Right off their refrigerator door. Real life is sometimes really funny.

Blessing number two: I am really grateful to have friends to have play dates with!

Blessings and Real Life #1

So, I would like to blog more, but don't always find the time to really write posts that express my heart. So I'm going to try something new.  I've been inspired by other blogs to write about real life--the good, the bad, and the ugly, and not make it look like our lives are "perfect" all the time, which is easy to do on a blog.  So however many times a week I can post, I'm going to write one real life moment.  But I also want to grow in gratefulness to God for the many, many, many blessings I experience every day. So I'm also going to post one thing that I'm grateful for.  And I will add lots of pictures to make it interesting :-)

So here is my start:

REAL LIFE #1: Last night, during bath time (which is normally a fun time, as both of my kids love the bath tub), they instead decided to have a "who can scream and cry the loudest for mom's attention" contest. I lost. Does anyone have the same experience that the kids only seem to lose it after their husband leaves for work?!

SO GRATEFUL #1: Benjamin has learned to play hide and seek with me!  It is so much fun to "hide" from my little guy and see and hear his excitement when he "finds" me! :-)

Photos from this past Saturday when we went to a nearby Pumpkin Festival at Silo Christmas Tree Farm. Another real life moment is that Benjamin had a breakdown as soon as we got there, until we gave him a bag full of animal crackers.  :-)  It was fun times from then on!

Benjamin visited the petting farm! To be truthful, he enjoyed acting like a goat and playing in the dirt, more than he did actually interacting with the goats.  He was in his element though.  One father, after his son refused to go into the farm because it was too dirty, actually pointed to dirt covered Benjamin and said his son should be more like "that boy". :-)

Trying to find some family resemblance

 1 month photos

2 months photos

What I see: Esther is definitely chubbier, and I had forgotten how Benjamin's ears stuck out, LOL! Also Esther's head seems longer to me.  But they both have the same killer smiles.  

What do you all see?