Fabulous First Grader!

Look who is the Fabulous First harder of the week! Ben is always fabulous so really, this week is no different. But he DOES get to bring home Melvin moose for the week and write in Melvin's journal about all the awesome things they do together. Watching football, wrestling practice, etc. etc..... It is going to be an exciting week!:) Thankfully, Ben remembered way before his mother did that his poster needed to be turned in on Monday and had it all ready to go, all by himself......

SLEEPOVER

So last night Olivia was BEGGING to have Kate sleepover in her room. I told her to go ahead and wished her luck.:) They stayed up a little later than Chris and I but then the night was quiet. I woke up early and thought I would sneak upstairs and see how things went. The door to Kate's room was closed and I figured Olivia had ended up putting her back in her crib. I walked into Olivia's room and saw an empty little bed on the floor. I was figuring that Kate must really be back in her room and turned around to leave when I saw this:

These two angels snuggled together in Olivia's tiny twin bed brought tears to my eyes. Their friendship is so tender and special. It reminds me of those old Folger's coffee commercials where the little brother/sister waits and waits for the big brother/sister to come home from college and then they spend every waking minute together. These two are so so close. I hope the adoration they have for each other never changes.

BEN

This kid is cracking me up today...... Just a list of his one liners......

"Nick gave me my freckles. Actually, I think my freckles are because of these...." (Holds up a ranch Dorito chip and points to the little colored specks on the chip.)

"Spill it, sister."

"I wish I could go to detention. Just for something small. You get to eat in detention....."

"I wanna be a rapper."

FRIEND

The last few days have been good for these two. We have taken the kids and the dog to the open space at the top of the Pinery and walked through the trees a couple of times. Ben is our little adventure man and he immediately finds a good stick and starts running, jumping and skipping through the trees. Maisey loves to do the same and she follows him wherever he goes. She is always two steps behind him and willing to chase any stick he will throw. It makes my heart melt to see the two of them together. Ben often looks over his shoulder to make sure Miasey is still with him and sure enough, she always is. A boy and his dog. It is a beautiful precious thing.:)

 Today we spent the afternoon at the park with friends. Maisey came along and had a great time, too. In the car on the way home, she was loving on Ben. He was staring at her and said, "Mom, I think I have a new best friend....." I have no doubt that you do, little buddy. XO