Archive: The Fine and Right Education of the Young Doctor Benny

I asked Benny what he wanted for breakfast and he said, "Nothing" which is his standard response and I said, "Well you have to eat breakfast so you have some energy to go to preschool" (which is of course MY standard response) and he said, "Well, maybe just a plate."

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

He's a waif model in training. And he ended up eating an entire bowl of oatmeal thanks to my firm belief that an entire bowl of oatmeal will get him through most anything.

I forgot to blog that he moved up from a Ray to a Starfish in swimming class. The classes go Pike, Eel, Ray, Starfish which seems entirely backwards to us, but whatever. Starfish is as far up as he can go. After he learns the strokes in Starfish, including the breaststroke I think, he is fully taught. I think it'll take about a year for him to get really strong on his strokes, so he can stay in Starfish as long as it takes. That is perfect because next fall I want him to move over from swimming lessons to swimming team. You have to be five. This is the team I want him on in about a year:

http://www.norfolksilverdolphins.com

His new teacher, Raelyn, is doing a fantastic job. I still meiss Deanah but what can I do?

Off to preschool.