Valentine Balloon

A nice lady at the grocery store gave Benjamin a free Valentine's balloon (it was late and they were going to have to toss them anyway). He carried it around all the next morning until he had loved it a little too much and it shredded and deflated. It was fun while it lasted.

His cheeseburger

As mentioned in a previous post, Benjamin learned the word "cheeseburger" from a Veggie Tales song. He's been running around yelling or singing it for days now. I went grocery shopping this morning and decided to introduce him to what an actual cheeseburger is. Once he got the hang of it, he quite enjoyed himself.

I Want Alex!

A few weeks ago I discovered that Jeopardy was a good way to cheer up the dude when he got up from his naps. He's always very grouchy and it can be very trying getting him to stop crying. I haven't had 100% success, but Jeopardy usually calms him right into a trance. This week he started asking for it by name ("Pardy"). It's a good thing I made a DVD of episodes.

He also loves the "clapping show" (Family Feud).

Larry & Bob

One of Benjamin's favorite things to watch these days is Veggie Tales (the sing-alongs, not the movies). I've finally gotten him to stop calling it "Sunny" (not sure where that came from). He now asks for Larry (not so good on the r's just yet). When he sees Bob he has to holler "Boppp" (imagine the spit). His favorite song is "The Hairbrush Song". He is very good at singing along and runs around singing "Where...air brush". This morning he picked up on the word "cheeseburger" from the song "His Cheeseburger" and has been saying it all day. I don't think he knows what a cheeseburger is.

Yay!

The other night we were getting Benjamin dressed for bed and he kept saying a word over and over. We couldn't figure out what he was saying. We thought he was pointing towards a shelf that had some Thomas trains on it, but what he was saying didn't make sense because he knows how to say Thomas quite well. We finally figured out that he was pointing to the picture right next to the shelf. I had just hung it there earlier that day. It was the red robe picture of Christ. Since then he's proudly proclaimed Jesus (not exactly, but he's trying) every time we've pointed to a picture of Him.
We're very proud.