A couple of months ago a friend of mine who lives in Michigan mentioned that she was going to be going to Valpo to meet up with a friend of her's and she asked if I wanted her to pick anything up for me. At first I didn't think I wanted anything but then I thought a shirt for Bennett might be nice. So now he gets to show his support for Valpo, even though he has no idea what that means.
We walked down to our polling place on Tuesday to vote in the special election. Bennett came along. He even got an "I Voted" sticker when we were all done.
Bennett got to try out paint with water. Until it dried it looked pretty yucky since we could see through the paper. I'm glad I tore the page out of the book so that they didn't all get wet. Of course the picture was of Curious George.
After dinner one night we went to Dairy Queen. This is the first cone (that we know of) that Bennett had. Of course it melted faster than he could eat it so Daddy had to help a bit so that he wasn't a complete sticky mess, although he still got pretty messy.
On Friday when we picked him up from school we were talking to the teachers. Bennett ran off to the preschool room and returned with this stack of puzzles. Yup, our boy is puzzle crazy!
When we got hom Friday night we put Bennett to work in the kitchen helping to make hamburgers.
While the burgers were on the grill, he grabbed a cape that I had made last summer (that until this week he's had virtually no interest in) and his broom and went outside to sweep the grass, the stairs, the deck...
Saturday morning we went to Tougas Farm to pick strawberries. He only ate 2-3 of them (and those I even had to coax him!) but his face would make you think otherwise. He was covered in berry juice.
After picking we went over to their playground. He RAN to the cutout to have his picture taken.
After the swings and the slide he tried out the monkey bars. We're still a ways away from him being able to do these on his own, but I'm sure that day is coming pretty soon.
On our way to OSV on Sunday (we have to call it OSV because if we say Sturbridge he immediately wants to go) he balanced one of his books on his head in the car.
And it wouldn't be a Sturbridge trip without the cut-out photo. Yup, I do make him be the girl, although on this ocassion he decided which one to do.
It was hot so we went to the pump so that he could put his head under the spiggot. But then I thought we should fill his hat up with water which he then poured all over himself. It had the added benefit of helping reshape his hat!
While we were in the shoe shop Bennett looked out the window and saw the horses. He started saying "hi horsies" so I took him outside so that he wouldn't distract everyone else. When we got outside I asked him to say hi to the horses. He instead said, "Hi Pete. Hi Jim." I hadn't remembered the names of the horses, but he did! I was completely impressed. Unfortunately the wagon they were pulling was full so we weren't able to take a ride. And the next time we saw them the wagon was full again!
Down at the Freeman Farm Bennett was able to help with chores. I think he's still a couple of years away from helping Daddy out at work, but he gave it a good try. And yes, that is Curious George you see on his back. He had a CG shirt on as well, and at one point someone referred to him as the Man With the Yellow Hat. :)
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