The boys had a great time playing with the suitcases during the later half of the trip. Ben even discovered a way for us to save $250 on our next trip.
There is not much to do in Homosassa. Fortunately, poppa took the kids' bikes down to Florida. Bradley had lots of fun racing daddy around the circle and Ben liked going up and down a nearby driveway.
The doughnut is, by far, Ben's favorite part of gymnastics class. He crawls into it dozens of times each week, but he need a little help getting out. Ben also likes to hang from the rings and high bar. We did the high balance beam last week (assisted). On the low beam, I got him to take a couple steps by himself.
Bradley's bowels are miraculously back under control, so he has earned a trip to the treasure box. The reward is a pair of binoculars. As far as we know, Bradley has never pooped at school. Therefore, we have started a contest between the two boys. Whoever poops at school first gets a special prize.
Tonight was a very big evening in our house. Benjamin made an expression of great pain so we asked him what is wrong and he said he had a poop coming. So after a little convincing, Ben and mommy headed to the bathroom. After a minute of playing with a truck, Ben got to work and made his first poop on the potty. To celebrate his big accomplishment, phone calls were made to all grandparents plus we Skyped for the first time with Aunt Lisa and Uncle Chris. After Ben went to bed, Bradley realized that Ben did not get to pick out of the treasure box. Bradley said that he will remind everyone tomorrow that Ben gets to make his first selection.
There is a section of the DuPage Children's Museum that I refer to as the Tim Taylor exhibit. It gives kids a chance to use saws, hand drills, hammers, and real nails. It gives adults a chance to hone their reflexes, i.e. quickly moving fingers out of the way of an erratic hammer. Bradley knows we can only visit this workshop when the parent to child ratio meets or exceeds 1 to 1. That was the situation on Sunday when mommy, daddy, Bradley, and Ben went to the museum for a birthday party. This creation is a Star Wars spaceship, which was inspired by our recent project building a Star Wars Lego spaceship.
