American Idol

Well Ben has been gone in North Dakota for the last week again (he should be driving home right now). This should be the last trip for quite awhile. At least that's what he keeps telling me. But I've learned to never count on it. Just like when he goes hunting or fishing and says he'll be home in 2 hours. I've learned to always multiply that number by 2, meaning he'll actually be home in 4 hours. So he says this will be the last trip to ND for a long time, I'm actually anticipating another trip there in the next month. That way when he does come home and says he has to go back, I'm already ready for it.

Usually when Ben is home, he and Connor spend the night playing legos, building things, racing cars, all that fun stuff. So without Daddy here, Connor has been pretty creative in his play. The other night I had american idol on and he came up with an idea. He went into his room, came back out in his cowboy hat and some other misc. clothing and said he was going to sing for me and I had to be like the guy with the white shirt on(Simon). So he stood in front of the tv, made up a song and sang it to me and I had to tell him how he did. And let me tell you, it was pretty serious. I couldn't just tell him I liked it, that he sang good, or was cute. That just didn't cut it. He wanted lots of feedback. (But not the kind that Simon usually gives). After his song he would go into his room, change his clothes, come back out and sing another made up song. This went on for probably an hour. It was pretty fun to listen to him sing his songs (and he really got into some of them) and to hear what he was singing about. I got a few of the songs on video, but haven't figured out how to upload the video yet (I guess I should say I haven't tried to yet). So here are a few pictures that I snapped of him in action. He was too cute and we had too much fun.