Ben Stories

Ben loves to "read" me the grocery list when we go to the store. We were at Costco over the weekend and as usual he reached for the list. So I turned it over to him and said, "What's on the list, Ben?" He scrunched his eyebrows, and pursed his lips into a very serious and concentrated face. He looked at the list and said, "Hmmmm . . . . French fries, Donalds." My jaw hit the floor and I started laughing out loud and said, "Oh really? Is that what my list says?" He looked up at me totally innocent, looked back down at his list and said, "Hmmmm . . . French fries, Donalds." I almost died. He was totally serious! We don't go to McDonald's very often, usually it is a treat to go with Grandma, but apparently it has left a lasting impression. ( I guess I can't give my mom a hard time about me asking for "fries, coke please" when I was 18 months! )

Last night when we were eating dinner I hit my hand on something and said, "Ouch." Ben looked up at me and said, "Mommy sad?" I said,"I am sad can you give me a kiss?" He paused, looked at me with a mischievous grin and said,"Toot?" and then started laughing hysterically. "I funny" he says. Well I guess he cheered me up, but he also proved that he is a boy through and through. How does he know that toots are funny?