eSpecially Ben

While I was making pizza for dinner, Ben crawled to the dining room and sat in his chair. This is his way of communicating, "I am hungry." I enlisted Sean's help in giving Ben a snack so I could finish cooking. Before I knew it, Sean had the NOVA Chat and was asking Ben, "YES" or "NO" to the question, "Do you want more crackers?" Ben could not stop laughing as Sean took out the device and found the right pages. He was getting a kick out of his brother using the NOVA Chat. In the end, I helped a bit and Ben answered "YES". He finished the crackers and ate his dinner too. Later that night, I complimented Sean on the help and attention he has been giving Ben lately. His response, "I want Ben to think."

Sean received a camera for Christmas and here are a few of the snapshots he has taken since then:   Happy Valentine's Day!

Snow at last! About 7 inches, which is a blizzard for us in the Carolinas. I was embarrassed to hear our area was in a state of emergency and the National Guard was deployed in our city. When I told my sister, she said it was fairly normal to call a state of emergency for something like this. Kids have had one full day of school all week. Between watching the Olympics, playing with friends and sledding, they are living the dream. Logan even declared that losing spring break for this is, "way worth it." One day, Ryan ventured out with Logan and Sean to a local park for sledding. Later, our long time friend, Brian, picked up Ben and me to check out the sledding. Although Ben was too heavy for us to get up the hill for sledding, he was very pleased to just watch the action from the warmth of the car. Impromptu snowball fight on our leisurely walk.  Today, we tried taking a walk with the kids. I pushed Ben's chair about 3 i