My Week With Ben

Mike was on the road for about a week recently. So I got to spend a lot more time with Benjmamin than usual. Here he is having his "special breakfast" (pop tarts) that he always does once or twice each week with Daddy.   

   

One afternoon we used watercolors to paint pictures.  Without saying a thing to me, he went and got his safety scissors and starting cutting a piece of paper into strips.  We've been trying to show him how to cut with scissors for months.  It must have clicked at preschool, because now he thinks it's easy-peasy.

Snacktime!! Yes, he sometimes likes to eat a plain tortilla for snack. They're not usually this big.

I bought a sleeping bag for him this week. He had been whining for one and while I didn't want to reward his persistence, I realized it's a good thing for him to have on hand. He was totally excited to try it out for about 20 seconds and then started griping about something and I snapped a picture.

I had intended on limiting his computer time while Mike was gone, but it didn't work out as well as I had hoped. Anyway, he was on the Sesame Street website and found a recipe for Abby Cadabby's Twinkle Think Punch. It's cranberry lemonade and looks very pale pink. He liked the process of making it on the stove (it's been a challenge to get him to help in the kitchen lately) and was thrilled to drink his creation.  He even offered some to me.

 

He's been doing this squinty thing with his eyes lately.  I know he's just messing around but it's a little disturbing when he holds a whole conversation while making this face.