Ben-isms

While at the park feeding the geese.

Ryan: "Ben, why do you keep reaching for my wallet?"

Ben: "I buy ducks, Dad!"

Lately Ben says, "Look mom/dad!" for everything. He wants us to watch everything he does. This morning he was sitting on the kitchen counter while I was at the sink. He says, "look mom." I turn to see him pulling the sides of his mouth to make a funny face. ha.

Just to show off how smart he is, I got two gallons of milk out and Ben said, "Two milks mom." He's so smart. He says 8, 9, 10 in correct order, but still mostly counts 4...8...4. When we ask him to repeat numbers after us he just thinks it's a funny game. We don't actually work on it formally, but just in every day stuff when we have the opportunity. Like when he gets all 30 of his books off his bookshelf and he has to put them all back one by (really slow) one.

He does a lot of other really smart stuff, but I'll move on to pictures and videos now!

It would actually be helpful if he held the vacuum against the carpet, but it's too heavy.

This morning he said, "Tanks mom. I wuv these ban cakes."

These last few days he has not taken a nap, but played in his room instead. This is what I found today. He was actually very happy with himself, but just playing shy when I got the camera. See all his book on the floor? And he emptied all his socks and took apart most of the pairs. Ugh.

A different day when he didn't nap. He says, "I me no nite nite. I me e." E is his word for a destination. He was asking to go to the living room. Toddler talk is a complex language!

He put his art smock on himself to cook in the kitchen this morning. I love independent play.

Ben is not shy of telling us what he wants. In this video he says, "I need dad this. I need dad no stand up."

Nate and Daddy sharing a moment. Nate has a really great grip so it is always a risk to get too close.

Another favorite phrase is "I need wow." Wow = lots. He needs "wow"' of everything!