Happy Birthday Benji

Our sweet baby Benji turned 2 a few weeks ago. If you ask him how old he is he grins and says two. If you ask him the first letter of his name, he grins and says two. Then you say LETTER Benji and he smiles and says B. We love our little boy and it seems like only yesterday he came into our family. He has so much love to give. He shares all of his toys with Ellie and if Maggie is ever sad he says mooch and then kisses her. He is also rather independent, and he will scream "own" if he wants to do something by himself. We love him so much. Happy Birthday big man.

We had a few friends over for cake and ice cream and after we sang he blew out the candles all by himself!

Ben loves books and wants us to read these new ones every day. The books have animals so he can practice his moos and cockadoodledoos, what more could a birthday boy want?

They were screaming to try the bubble-maker, so Dan let them try it inside. They'd shoot out a thousand bubbles then Ben would stamp on them one by one and laugh. We had to put it on a high shelf to rein them in, but every time they see it they plead to go outside and try it. Ben still hasn't quite figured out the handle and shoots himself in the eye half the time, but you still can't get it out of his hands. Remind us to wait a while before buying him a b-b gun.

The blue stretchy, sticky worm was an instant favorite. He wanted to yank and pull it, and looked on with disgusted fascination as Sheri helped him stretch it to the limit. He also got 20 other worms, frogs, snakes, and rubber bugs. He can't get enough of them, but they're a little too realistic and keep creeping Sheri out when he leaves one under the couch.
Benji loves Mr. Potatoe head. Every morning he wakes up and sees it and yells "Tato Head, Tato Head!" until we get it down for him to play with. He puts on a serious face and starts plugging pieces into Mr. Potato Head, and once he has him all assembled, often with the nose in an ear slot, he raises his hands in triumph over his head, puts on his biggest grin, and yells "Did it!"


Thanks G Grandma Polson, Grandma & Grandpa Condie, Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Walt, and Jaymie. Benji loved his gifts and we felt loved and supported by family even though we are so far away