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Ben and Dad with friends

While Mom and Annie are away we have been having lots of fun! Check out our friend’s blog to see us boating with my pals, Kallen and Mara.
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07/19/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Me and my friends | 1 Comment

Annabel’s Birthday Dinner

We had a dinner party for Annabel’s birthday – spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread and icecream cake – what more could a girl ask for?

I made Annabel a special card. She had a lot of help opening her presents.

Haute couture for both Audrey and Annabel: my sister’s dress was hand-made by our friend Kay, Audrey’s by her Grandma. It’s hard to look this good.

We’re best friends!

05/17/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Holiday, Me and my friends, Milestones | 5 Comments

My Abuelos visit my school

Last week Abuelo and Abuela visited Seattle and came to my school!

They brought wonderful cuban snacks from Portos Bakery in Los Angeles and read to the class.

We tried Refugiados (guava and cheese pastries) and Pastel de Pollo (chicken pie!)

The book El Alfabeto Cubano is one of my favorites!

(Sitting next to my girl Audrey):

I was so proud to show off my grandparents to my amazing friends and to show them my school.

Even Annabel enjoyed herself and didn’t want to leave!

Gracias Abuelo y Abuela!

04/27/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Family matters, Me and my friends, Stuff I'm into | 3 Comments

Dance Party

Everyone was tremendously happy with the fantastic dance party that I hosted! I told everyone all day that I wasn’t actually 4 until I blew out my candles and everyone sang to me.

Click here for the whole album or just check out the highlights below:

We’re anxiously awaiting our guests. The cake was ready:

From Ben turns 4

The favors:

From Ben turns 4

DJ Daddy:

From Ben turns 4

And the main dancers – Breakin’ Benny B and Lil’ A:

From Ben turns 4

We danced the limbo, the conga and everyone had a great time!

From Ben turns 4

I was so proud of my friends for not getting too crazy, we all ate our dinner, colored and enjoyed the cake too!

From Ben turns 4

I’m so lucky to have such good friends (and thanks to the other grown-ups who helped my parents pull it off)

From Ben turns 4

04/10/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Family matters, Holiday, Me and my friends, Milestones, My favorite pics of me, Ridiculous things I say | 7 Comments

Hoppy Easter!

Annabel’s 1st Easter was a lot of fun! Grandma and Jidi were in town and our cousins and friends came over for an Easter Egg hunt.

Here are some of the highlights – if you want the whole lot of pictures, click through to see the whole album:

From Easter 2010

The Easter Bunny put new crocs in my basket:

From Easter 2010

It’s hard to get a good picture of me and my sister. Here she is in her Easter dress – made by our friend, Kay Evans. She ended up matching Audrey in their yellow dresses and white sweaters. CUTE.

From Easter 2010

Here are our cousins – Max, Klara and Leo (they are our 3rd cousins – for those of you Atchitys who want to know the connection: these are Kristen Atchity Fristch’s kids, and she is the daughter of Mike Atchity – my Jidi’s 1st cousin.) We lucked out that they happen to live in Seattle!

From Easter 2010

Say cheese!

From Easter 2010

We had so much fun hunting for the eggs Max hid in the front yard – we hid them all over our house. Mom and Dad are finding eggs in some pretty tricky spots. There are still a few suspected missing eggs. Eventually, they’ll start to smell and then we can find them.

04/05/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Family matters, Holiday, Me and my friends, My baby sister | 3 Comments

Mariner’s Fan Fest

My buddy Will and I spent the day at Safeco Field – everyone’s getting excited for the season to start on April 12th. They told us they needed help making sure all the equipment was in working order, we were just the right guys for the job.

We fielded questions and debated strategies.

We tested the microphones to make sure they could handle cheering:

We tested the turf and the bases to make sure they were up to snuff for the players. Will and I can run pretty fast.

I slid into 3rd base, but was tagged OUT.

We even warmed the bench for a bit.

GOOOOO Mariners!

02/02/2010 Posted by benbbillings | Me and my friends, Places I've been | 2 Comments

Audrey’s 2nd Birthday

Audrey is my parents’ goddaughter (does that make her my godsister?) and she just turned 2 years old! On her birthday, we all went out for sushi and cupcakes!