Andrew Trains to Follow Bens Footsteps in the Candycane Classic

New developments.... that aren't so new anymore. But since we don't call you to just chat, you have to wait until I bother to post it on the blog. Benjamin had his last tumbling exercises of the forseeable future. He has been complaining for a little while now that he doesn't want to do tumbling anymore so we let him quit after his big show - The Candycane Classic. Sadly he hasn't even mentioned it since then, and he really was quite talented.

Anyway, in preparation for the big event, he inspired Andrew to do some tumbling of his own.... on our stairs. That's right. Little Man can now climb the stairs, and strangely enough, he figured out how to do it without figuring out how to come back down. So far he has only come down once (Unless Katie has sworn the kids to secrecy on a couple of stories. Knowing Kallie, if she had, I would know immediately). He can also pull himself up to standing with any nearby object and walk along it if inspired to do so by anything he's not allowed to touch. His favorite game is figure out what it is we don't want him to touch/do/explore/experience, pretend to not be interested in it, and then race for it when we shift our attention to something else. You might ask, "how fast can a crawling baby be?" Well, pretty dam fast. (See, I didn't swear, and if you've ever seen how fast things can go when you let out a damn you know what I'm talking about). Stay tuned for holiday festivities and other fun stories.

Andrew, pretending to NOT be interested in going up the stairs... Ben had the best form in his class. That girl thinks he's hot.

His teacher, the really nice lady who really acts mean if you don't point your toes. I do believe Ben's trophy was a little bit taller than all the other kid's identical trophies.