It's starting to feel like fall

Thanks to his birthday, Bennett now has some new games to play with. The first one that we opened was Zingo Bingo.  They have this at school so Bennett was familiar with it already.  Two chips with pictures on them are revealed at a time and you have to match them to the images on your card. 

This week Bennett also spent lots of time working on his new puzzles.  The 24 piece puzzle he can practically do with his eyes closed but he still asks for help with the 60 and 100 piece puzzles, although I'm sure he'll master those soon enough. 

We also played some Memory.  This one will take a little longer for him to get the hang of.  He likes to turn over more than 2 cards at a time.  One thing that's nice is that at the moment he doesn't seem to get upset if he doesn't win.  I'm sure this will change soon enough, but for now it's nice.

Doesn't everyone do headstands on the couch?

Friday was Daddy's birthday.  Bennett was very excited to help open presents and blow out the candles on the cake.  He also said that he had a big birthday but that Daddy had a little birthday.

And blowing out candles (after making sure the lights were out first)

Sunday was WGBH (public broadcasting) Member day at OSV.  Because of this Curious George (and Clifford) were there!  We got our pictures with George and then went inside.

We spent some time in the Fenno House where Bennett made a "quilt".  Normally he just zips through this building, if he goes in at all.

Interestingly none of our favorite people were working, not that we dislike many, but some are better than others about interacting with us. 

We went down a different path than normal and saw the backside of the potter's shop. Mystique ruined when I then peeked in through the windows and saw the thoroughly modern workroom.

After Sturbridge we headed off to Lynn (with Bennett getting a decently long car nap) to go to Fiona's birthday party.  They had a camp theme and all the kids got matching camp T-shirts.

Bennett loved running around and diving into the tents.  I'm surprised he didn't hurt himself!  After making s'mores in ice cream cones, everyone headed off on a nature walk, eating their snacks along the way.

My "baby" is growing up!  He knows to get in line and wait his turn.

On Sunday we went apple picking.  There was an event for the Children's Hospital Miracle Makers as a way of saying "thanks" for raising a certain amount of money.  The orchard was PACKED!  The elements that were organized by Children's were well done, but the lines, misinformation, having to ride the train, etc (all issues related to the orchard) were very frustrating.  We were able to pick some peaches and apples, had lunch, and did some playing, but it's not an orchard I would recommend- really overpriced (luckily we didn't have to pay admission, just for the extra apples we bought) and way too crowded.

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