Adventures in Bennionland

Do you see all these amazingly adorable (and green) faces?!?

Oh the joy that is our playgroup. It is full of wild and wonderful boys and girls. W&W absolutely love when we can hit playgroup* – as do I since I get to hang with my favorite ladies.

We always do something fun- like this! We even had a leprechaun show up and hide a candy treat for the kids – they ran all over the park.

Later that day the boys got a package from their Grandma Steph – and as always she spoiled the heck out of them. They particularly love their green cars! Eric and I even got a treat – but he wasn’t home for me to snap a picture of!

*I’m still trying to figure out a way to convince myself that playgroup is valid excuse for pulling the kids out of school.*

We got some great news this month when a special book arrived in the mail.

Eric’s Mom Stephanie and sister Anneliese have been hard at work. They self-published an adorable book staring our very own Will. Written in his voice it tells the story of being a kid with Celiac. We love that it focuses on the fact that he is a regular kid in so many ways – and this is just one part of him.

We tore into our package! Both Will and Walker were thrilled with the books and bookmarks. And honestly it such a treat to see both my kids names in the dedication.

Both boys took copies to school and their teachers read them in class. I cannot tell you how special this is – the more people understand Celiac the more “regular” Will becomes in the eyes of his peers.

Thank you Grandma Steph and Aunt Ali!

For those of you looking for your own copy you can find it on Amazon HERE! And you can check out the other two books they’ve written/illustrated!

Dear Blog,

Can’t say I’ve missed you. I’ve felt pangs of guilt for neglecting you (since September -wow!) but really life is moving too fast for even too much guilt.

But the other night we did a little game at the table and it made me want to share. Then I thought of you dear blog, and for the first time I missed you.

So here we are blog, back together. I make no commitments – but I am glad to have found you again.

Love,
Shelly

Three Things:
At dinner on Sunday I asked the boys to use three words to describe themselves, and then it evolved to everyone in our family. Some are funny, some are dead-on, some aren’t three words, but mostly it will just be fun to read in a few years:

Walker on Walker
playful
loves to learn
loves army

Will on Will
nice
uncommon
helpful

Walker on Dad
playful
good cook
adventureman

Will on Dad
loves his iPod
smart
playful

Walker on Mom
good cook
plays with me
cuddler

Will on Mom
hardworker
rich
cuddler

Walker on Will
joyful
loving
loves Star Wars

Will on Walker
funny
good player
shares