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Mitchell's
Fourth Birthday
We
had a very nice little gathering for Mitchell's fourth birthday
in January. Only good nutritional food was served -- Pizza
King pizza, cake, and ice cream! And, he did what has become
his annual birthday ritual...the official "smearing of
the birthday cake icing" all over his face! (See more
here.) |
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Another birthday...another face full of icing.
All that was different this year was more colors! |
Josiah
Schmidt from next door checks
out some of the Cars characters |
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Robin
and Mitchell get ready to light
the candles so we can sing "Happy Birthday"! |
Lily
Huber, Mitchell, and Cameron Moore
pop up from behind the couch for a picture |
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Christmas
At The Benson's
Santa
apparently showed up right on time Christmas Eve. He ate the
cookies, took the carrots for the reindeer, and left the one
thing that Mitchell has asked for all year -- a Thomas Tank
Engine Train Table! It was great to see Mitchell open each
present and say "Thank you! Merry Christmas!" Mommy
and Daddy were just happy to have some coffee. |
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Mitchell poses with his new train table. How did
Santa get that down the chimney??? |
Mitchell
and Robin take a quick break
from playing to sit down for a picture |
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Mater
is Mitchell's favorite "Cars" character. Cousins
David and Sarah Hail sent a BIG Mater from Georgia. |
Our
next-door neighbors Doug Winslow and Jan
Myers joined us for our Christmas day dinner |
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Fun at the Museum!
We
spent a recent Saturday in Indianapolis at the Children's
Museum. It is known as one of the best children's museums in
the country. There are so many things to do! Mitchell, Mommy and
Daddy all went down the big Christmas slide together. We spent a
great deal of time in the Dinosphere
exhibit waiting for the shooting star to cross the sky.
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Mitchell
practices so that one day
he can be a real Indy car driver |
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Mitchell
shows everyone that he (thinks he)
knows how to fly a real jet plane |
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Robin
and Mitchell do some fishing
in the Playscape area |
Mitchell's
Uncle Ted created the spectacular special
sound effects program for the museum's Steam Engine |
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Thanksgiving
at Auntie C. and Uncle Big Bill's
We
took a few extra days off and drove to Wytheville, Virginia for
a long Thanksgiving holiday to see "Auntie C." and "Uncle
Big Bill". We stayed at a hotel with a pool on the way down
and back. On Friday we drove down to Kernersville, North Carolina
to visit with Jonathan and Glenda Head and family. While at the
Hail's, Bill even took Allen out to golf! |
Mitchell
much preferred the "bubble pool"
to the regular pool at the hotel |
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Mitchell
tells Glenda and Kathryn Head
another one of his "Guess what!" stories |
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We
spent lots of time visiting in the kitchen |
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Carolyn
and Bill fixed an awesome
Thanksgiving dinner! |
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We
helped Bill put up their two Christmas deer,
which Mitchell named "Mitchell and Gracie".
Here Bill gets Gracie to finally stand on her own |
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There
is a beautiful pond near their home with
many hungry ducks who appreciate free bread |
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Happy
Halloween!
We
had a great time this year during the "Halloween
Season". Mitchell attended many different gatherings,
usually dressed in his new "Thomas Tank Engine"
costume. Halloween night he and Robin went trick-or-treating
around the neighborhood while Daddy stayed home to answer
the door for all the little visitors. |
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Mitchell
is ready to go trick-or-treating
with his costume, flashlight and treat carrier! |
The
goody bag was filled with all kinds of cool stuff...
like fake teeth! (Always good for a laugh, right?) |
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Allen
did his best to carve a Thomas Tank Engine.
(See more pumpkin carving here.) |
Robin
and Mitchell attended a party at
Mitchell's day-care facility |
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