Two Birthday Parties & an Easter Egg Hunt

We had a busy weekend. On Saturday Ben went to two 1st birthday parties for his friends Sophie and Scarlett. Then on Sunday we had an easter egg hunt in our neighborhood. His social calendar is definitely more full than his mom and dad's.

Since this was such a big day for Sophie & Scarlett, Ben decided he wanted to get all dressed up for the parties.

Here he is at Sophie's party. Unfortunately my camera batteries stopped working and I didn't get a picture of the birthday girl!

Ben & Princess Scarlett

Ben was obsessed with the balloons at the parties. He walked around and gathered every single balloon within reach and refused to let go of them. This proved to be a problem at Sophie's party since she is slightly scared of balloons and Ben frightened her every time he got near her.

Elise & Ben arriving at the big Easter egg hunt in style. You can't see them, but the paparazzi were everywhere. To keep with the trend in Hollywood, they used environmentally-friendly transportation.

Mom made him pose in front of the pansies.

He managed to find a few eggs during the hunt.

Dad helped him find some eggs that were hiding under the shrubs.

Here they are taking inventory of their Easter baskets.

Spring Break '08

Ben and I went to Ft. Thomas, KY for a week. I think we went the wrong direction for spring break since it snowed 12" while we were there! We did all sorts of things like go to the zoo and the aquarium, and Ben got a new hair cut (as you can see from the first picture, he really needed one!)

My Grandmother says that all top models should have an "edgy" look. I was afraid I'd lose this edgy look once I got my haircut, but...

I still have it!

Grandmother Babbie asked me to help her with some work while I was there.

One day it was nice and we went to the Cincinnati Zoo.

How amazing to see the elephants in their natural habitat with large concrete buildings and all. It sure was nice to be outdoors before the blizzard of '08 came...


I'm not quite sure if I'm enjoying this.

My Dad came up and joined us and we went to the aquarium. It wasn't crowded at all because we were some of the only people out and about during the snow storm.

Aunt Anne also came for a visit from Chicago!

What an exhausting spring break! Mom told me spring break vacations can be exhausting, but I had no idea! I asked her if next year I could go to Panama City Beach with Elise Mae.