Some Ben Updates

It's mostly been Faith updates lately, so I assume it is due time that we get some Ben updates as well.

A pre-election Ben story:

Before we went to go early vote, Faith asked me about it and I explained it a little to her how we have to go pick the president.

Ben then says "We are going to go be pirates!!!" He was so excited and kept insisting on pirates. (For those who don't know, he is pirate obsessed.)

I asked him how we can be pirates and he said "Because you said we are going on a boat!"

Needless to say, big room, long line, and little computers were a huge disappointment to the boy.

And in other Ben news, school is still going, well, it's going. He is not a huge fan and spends most mornings announcing how he is not going to go. If you ask him after school what he did, he says "nothing" and if you ask him if he had fun, he says "no." However, he isn't crying and he's going willingly, so I'm taking that as a win.

He is also getting really stuck on the routines in his life. Friday was a huge issue because my coworker was out of town. On Fridays, we pick up lunch at McD's, go to my school, eat with Sandra, then she & I lesson plan for the following week and Ben gets to run around in the playscape. However, since Sandra wasn't there, I skipped getting lunch and staying, which resulted in huge drama from the boy. Because, we *have* to get McD's and eat with her. Because Ben said so. It ruined the better part of his afternoon.

And don't get me started on how we are supposed to go to Whataburger after softball. Yet another meltdown because I played two games and there is no way I'm going out for food at 11pm.

Otherwise, he's still cute and cuddly. Which is lucky for him, it's prolonged his life substantially!

He also got a few new dress up costumes after Halloween:


Thomas the Train Benjamin



And my personal favorite--Harry Potter Ben!!!