My Benny

I wanted to write a little update about Ben. It seems that Ben learns something new everyday and I want to do my best to capture his little moments. So here they are.

Yesterday, while walking around with his Mickey ride on toy, he turned around and waved goodbye to his Daddy. His Daddy in turned waved goodbye to him and then Ben blew a kiss to him! It was adorable. James has been working on giving goodbye kisses, but it was the first time he did it on his own little accord. Very cute Ben!

Ben is also getting so much better with his vocabulary. He is really trying to sound out a few more words here and there. He is still trying and is so close to saying "milk". Right now he more or less mouths out the sound of the letter "M". He is getting there!

Ben lately is also a blanket stealer and a blanket hog. Even though he has his own blanket, which I know is his favorite, he will steal yours if you have it on you. I am trying to teach him to share blankets because Mommy does not mind sharing her blanket. She just does not want it taken away. He is getting better at it. However, yesterday he also took both blankets (his and mine) and carried them to the center of the family room and sat down on them and watched television. Little stinker!

I am also beginning to believe that Ben is missing hockey as much as his Mom is. I can't stand to watch the Pens and since the Caps are out of the series, hockey games in our house have been sparse. Every now and then Ben will raise his little finger up in the air like Ovechkin does when he scores a goal (we did not teach him that) and say "goal". He really does love hockey. THANKFULLY we left a recording of a playoff game where the Caps won on our DVR. We turn that on every now and then to make our little hockey fan happy.

Ben is also becoming quite the little hoarder. He will collect things and more then likely really not want to share them. I don't know if its his age or what, but I have never seen a kid have so many "treasures" he wants to keep for himself. He will either stuff his Mickey ride on toy with things or a little shape sorter basket. I know kids his age aren't the best at sharing, but I have not seen them hoard things like he does. Its interesting to see what we deems valuable in his little world. I have found a number of odds and ends in his Mickey ride on toy from sippy cups with milk (thank god they were new), snacks, pacifiers, various blocks, things from his kitchen set, his dog's duck toys, etc., It is quite interesting. I can only imagine what will happen once he discovers his clothes have pockets.