Monday, February 09, 2004
Here are some pictures of Benny's school work today. Click here to see explanatory captions and also some pictures of Benny frosting a cake, and also a picture of Benny getting silly ears from his Dad.
Sunday, February 08, 2004
A good Benny one-liner: "Mom, all my licks live in my mouth."
Yeah, it took me a while to figure out what he was saying there.
My dear little baby Benny. We went upstairs to his room and I had Sadie and she was screaming her head off in a sort of end of the day, overstimulated, I want to be asleep but I can't settle down, I'm vaguely gassy freak-out. Benny got his blue blanket off his bed, went and sat down by the bookshelf and read "Wheels on the Bus" in the DEAREST little singing voice to himself very earnestly and cheerfully. When he got done with it the first time, he said, "MOM I read the whole book all by myself" and then he looked at Sadie who was still in full freak-out and said, "I guess I better read it again." Of course his reading in his charming but loud little chirpy voice was actually keeping her awake and every time her eyes would close, he would quack out another verse and they would pop open accompanied by a hearty bellow, but hey. What could I do? It was too cute. Eventually she went to sleep. :) And so did he. Eventually, they all do. This I am learning.
Yeah, it took me a while to figure out what he was saying there.
My dear little baby Benny. We went upstairs to his room and I had Sadie and she was screaming her head off in a sort of end of the day, overstimulated, I want to be asleep but I can't settle down, I'm vaguely gassy freak-out. Benny got his blue blanket off his bed, went and sat down by the bookshelf and read "Wheels on the Bus" in the DEAREST little singing voice to himself very earnestly and cheerfully. When he got done with it the first time, he said, "MOM I read the whole book all by myself" and then he looked at Sadie who was still in full freak-out and said, "I guess I better read it again." Of course his reading in his charming but loud little chirpy voice was actually keeping her awake and every time her eyes would close, he would quack out another verse and they would pop open accompanied by a hearty bellow, but hey. What could I do? It was too cute. Eventually she went to sleep. :) And so did he. Eventually, they all do. This I am learning.
Background: The grocery store closest to our house boasts the magical combination of a seafood counter with live lobsters and a counter attendant who is willing to get out a lobster and let Benny touch all over it and get it to pinch him. So he calls that grocery store "lobsters." We just got back from a trip to that store without Sadie -- Sadie was at home with Dad.
Benny: Mommy, you were so good at lobsters!
Me: Wow, Benny you were good at lobsters too!
Benny: And YOU were good at lobsters!
Me: And so were YOU good at lobsters. Very good!
Benny: No, I wasn't good at lobsters. I was just a racer. And I won first place!!!! WOO HOO!!! So I wasn't just a racer, but I was a winner. Hooray!
I think he meant because he unloaded his cart first, before I did. Of course his was a Little Tykes cart and all he had in it was graham crackers and fruit snacks. But... the kid is REALLY into victory these days. Senator Benny is ready to take on the competition!
Benny: Mommy, you were so good at lobsters!
Me: Wow, Benny you were good at lobsters too!
Benny: And YOU were good at lobsters!
Me: And so were YOU good at lobsters. Very good!
Benny: No, I wasn't good at lobsters. I was just a racer. And I won first place!!!! WOO HOO!!! So I wasn't just a racer, but I was a winner. Hooray!
I think he meant because he unloaded his cart first, before I did. Of course his was a Little Tykes cart and all he had in it was graham crackers and fruit snacks. But... the kid is REALLY into victory these days. Senator Benny is ready to take on the competition!
