Turning Five

B-Best Brother, Zach wanted me to include that Ben is a great brother to him, Josh and Luke
E-Empathy, at just five, Ben is considerate of others feelings
N-Nice, Ben is just a nice guy, kindness is part of who he is
J-Joker, he loves pulling pranks and making you laugh
A-Action hero, his favorite game is to pretend to be a superhero and make up cool super powers
M-Magical, Ben's great belief in magic and fantasy makes me believe too.
I-Imagination, Benny can create the most amazing things from his k'nex, legos and tinker toys
N-Noisy, of all the boys, that little guy can project the loudest, it is amazing!



It is official, Ben is five today! We have been singing him "You've Had A Birthday, Shout Hooray" all day and he loves it. Here is a pic of our big five-year-old!

My favorite recent Ben story:
Ben enters the room with two balls of red wax he made out of the mini-baby bell Gouda cheese wax wrapping.
Ben: Mom, these are sticky.
Me: Yes, they are, can you throw them out?
Ben: Can I use them to climb the wall first?
Me: What?
Ben: They are sticky and if I stick them on my hands I can climb the wall like Spiderman.
Me, considering the stickiness on the wall: Hmmmm....OK, show me.
Ben attempts to climb the wall with the little wax balls flattened against his hands.
Ben: That didn't work.
Me: Nope, maybe you are too heavy or they aren't sticky enough.
Ben has put the two balls back together and then pulled the wax apart into three balls.
Ben, sticking one of the balls to his forehead: No, I think I just need to put one here and use my head too.