What a Nice Brother to Share His Pear!

Alexander is growing up too fast. He climbed up on a wheat bucket to see what Benjamin was eating.
Benjamin gladly shared his pear with Alexander.

Car Accident

Ryan was taking Benjamin to the library to return some videos when they got into a car accident. The guy who pulled out in front of them couldn't see around the six foot snow drift on the corner of the intersection. Luckily he saw Ryan was sliding and not able to stop so he moved away from the door and wasn't injured. I'm sorry to say my first question was not "are y'all okay?" but "which car were you in?" Fortuitously it was our older car.
The sad thing is that it was the other driver's first car and a Christmas present so he'd had it less than a day.
Benjamin was excited to examine the damage and to be near the police car.

Alexander is Walking!!!!!

Alexander decided to walk at a great moment when all our parents could be there! Benjamin was in bed and we were sitting around the cleared dinner table (which had one leaf in it). Ryan stood Alexander on the table and it was almost like he was learning to ride a bike and thought Daddy was still holding on to the back of the bike... Ryan kept his hands up near Alexander and he walked across the table from Ryan to me. I was so speechless I couldn't tell our moms, who were in the middle of a conversation, not noticing what was going on in front of them. I finally had to tap both of them on the shoulders. Alexander did a bunch of repeat performances so that Ryan's dad, who was napping and closed his eyes every time Alexander did it again, finally got to see it. Benjamin was so excited the next day to sit with us and coax Alexander back and forth between us for a few steps.