What's been interesting the past few days is how much Bennett remembers from things that happened a while ago. The other day we were in the car and he started talking about going swimming at Auntie Mel's and how we had to bring our towels with us, and that there were stairs going in and out of the pool. He's also been talking about how we set up the tables in the backyard for the Derby, which tables go where, etc. And today, he mentioned Santa at Sturbridge and that we had to go back to see him. I asked if he remembered what he asked Santa for and he correctly remembered, "a red present".
And speaking of the Derby, I showed him my car in progress and asked him what he thought. His response was that it wasn't done yet because it doesn't have sides. If only that was all it needed!
Yay, Bennett took a nap on Wednesday! In preparation for family visiting we took apart the Lego Firestation. First off this cleared off the table a bit, but secondly, we thought it might be a good set for Dekota to put together when he visits. However, seeing how Bennett plays with it regularly we weren't sure how he would react. He surprised us by being totally cool with it, and commenting that it was ok to take it down because "It's not Christmas." Huh? The only thing we can think of is that this was our explanation for taking apart the Lego Winter Village that we set up at Christmastime. He also asked if we could make cookies at Christmastime.
On Thursday we were back to not napping. He played in the backyard for a while after school doing some weeding. He did pull out weeds, but his "compost pile" was a mulched bed, not exactly where I want weeds put. After dinner we put together a Lego car. He needs a little bit of help making sure he has the right pieces, but he does pretty well with them.
On Friday Chris stayed home and started redoing our front stairs. When Bennett and I got home he was very excited to help Daddy. He went into the basement to get his toolbox, safety glasses, and earmuffs (which he didn't really need) and was ready to go. Too bad there wasn't much for him to do. Luckily there was one area that still had the old wood and Bennett happily hammered nails in.
Saturday was Fire and Ice at OSV. It didn't seem as well attended or as well organized as last year. It seemed as if there were fewer teams competing in the bucket brigade competition, and there were only two contestants (one of which was OSV) in the chili contest. Bennett was still excited to see the parade (small procession of villagers and fire trucks) and he did try out carrying buckets of water after the competition.
Down at the farm they were harvesting rye. We watched for a while, talked to Dave, and Bennett remembered that the rye would need to be taken to the gristmill to be turned into flour.
After nap we went food shopping, trying to make sure that we had everything for the Tedfords arrival on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon all of Chris' family came to visit- 8 extra people staying with us for the week. Bennett didn't nap, so he was nice and wound up when they arrived. Rosaline and Dekota chased him around the backyard. Later Rosaline commented that he was tired- keeping up with a three-year-old, plus running up and down stairs (something she doesn't normally have to do), will do that to you!
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