My weekend with Benjamin, Part I

Benjamin had a list for all the things he wanted to do.

First, was put on his other shoe. You may notice his Converse shoes...
He told me what was on the list, and then folded it up to put his pocket. I told him he could leave it at home...
He knows his Mimi...knows she forgets things...so he said he'd just take the list.
Our first stop was Borders...for their story hour.
It's so nice there...someone reads a story and they hand out coloring pages for the kids to color while they read. Benjamin showed me one of his colors...
and he showed me how he could color!

"Oh Benjamin! You do such a great job!" I told him.
"Uh-oh!"
Never mind the coloring. The story time inspired Benjamin to do a little reading himself. He decided to check out the Bernstein Bears...
After breezing through that, his precious mama was talking to him through a dinosaur puppet.
Benjamin was more interested in the dinosaur than he was in the Big Book on Hide and Seek.
He decided to check out another book...
"Getting the Love You Want" was the title...

Forget that! He knows he has a ton of love already!
He decided to go check out the dinosaur a little more...maybe even pet it...to see if it was a friendly dinosaur...
Benjamin even offered the dinosaur a ball...but he didn't want it.

Fine then... We'll just go on home...
Benjamin was walking around outside showing me different things. His vocabulary is growing rapidly. He told me "Ki-Ki" (kitty), tree, outside, ball, mama, da-da, fan, ... and of course, Mimi!

I told him how proud I was of him.
He ignored me and took off to find some treasures...

"Benjamin!" I called.
He turned around...

I asked him if he wanted to put on his cap...his Sheriff baseball cap...before he ventured out in the sun.

He said, "No."

His mama said, "Yes!"
Benjamin disagreed...
He decided to take his cap off...

His Daddy was watching this...
Uh-0h...the cap came off...
The cap went back on...

Benjamin looked at his sweet mama...

She was telling him he should protect his skin from the sun...
Benjamin didn't quite see the point...
But he was OK with it...he just went back to eating his cookie...

Benjamin's parents...my baby girl and her incredible husband...
Ahhh...Benjamin wanted to be in the picture, too!
He looked at his Mama and Daddy...

I told him he was a fortunate little man...
He told me he knew that already...
"I'm the sheriff!" he told me...

He's a precious sheriff, that's for sure! I sure had fun hanging out with him!