Some photos and some things we don't want to forget

Check out some photos from this Sunday's Mommy Group.  The last one of Ben sitting in the princess chair and typing on the "puter" may be my favorite. 

A few things we don't want to forget:

~Ben has figured out who he is.  He is "Ben!" although it often sounds more like "Bun!"  If you ask "Who's in there" when you go to get him from his nap, he will tell you, "Ben!"  He also uses it as a possessive, pointing to objects and saying "Ben" to let you know it is his, or he wants it.

~Other fun new phrases include "Come on," "Fire," "Fixit" and just a whole slew of others.  We can't keep up.  He loves telling stories ad nauseum about events in his life, such as the time the "man" came over in a "shuck [truck]" to fix the "heat."  "Man. Shuck. Heat."  I mean, it's a pretty compelling narrative, no?  Who wouldn't want to tell his mama that story 50,000 times?

~Can't forget my absolute favorite: "Sop [Stop]" said with hand extended.  He learned it from Dora and Boots, but he could just as easily be singing "Stop in the Name of Love."  I cannot get over how sweet it is when Mama or Dad is tickling him and he says, "Sop, Sop," little arm pushing out of our hug.

~Today, Ben told me "self" when I tried to put on his pants.  And, he did manage to put them on almost all the way by himself.  The shirt was a little harder -- so many holes!  He also put his hat on by himself -- with the mittens still inside of it.

~Ben also subverted my attempt to skip the music portion of pre-school.  I had this whole plan about how we would just spend the whole hour in the bike room playing.  But, when the first cohort came in from music and his beloved teacher Merle announced that anyone who hadn't been to music could now go, Ben sprang into immediate action, climbing out of the rocking boat, grabbing my leg and emphatically saying, "Up.  Go.  Sing."  And, he had a great time at music.  He got to play with musical sticks and shaker eggs.  He got to jump.  He was an excellent hand-clapper and head patter.  Who am I to keep my son from such wonder?

~Tonight, Ben had me sing the Valentine song "I love coffee, I love tea, I love X and X loves me," repeatedly.  Who were his favorite names to insert this time around?  None other than his beloved Bop, and Granma. 

A few things we do want to forget:

~He's back to waking up at 5:30.  Arggg!

~Continual whining because he wants to watch Dora and/or Elmo.  Constantly.

Love,
Anne