National Night Out - August 2009

This is an annual event our city puts on where people can tour all the emergency vehicles (firetrucks, police cars, ambulances, etc.) As you probably guessed, this is Ben's dream!!

Here's a related story that just happened the other day. After watching one of Ben's Fireman movies, Ben said, "Mom, I want to be a Fireman when I grow up - just like Dad." I chuckled and told him that his Dad is not a Fireman. So, he said, "Then I want to be a Policeman."

Our Little Comedian

You may have heard some of Ben's "jokes." So, you'll understand when I say, that's the not the funny part of this video. What makes me chuckle is how heartily he laughs at his own jokes (kind of reminds me of his dad!!).

Our Singing Sports Fan

Here's Ben singing "On Wisconsin" with his dad. We've got to do a little more practicing, but I think he knows the words better than I do!

Some Pictures of Ben from this Summer

These 2 pictures are courtesy of Jill. I love Ben's smiles!
This was taken at the Madison Children's Museum. Ben had a blast there.

A couple of stories

Last week, Grandma Mostek was watching Ben. She took him to Aunt Jill's house to visit their new puppy. Ben's not a big puppy lover and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it. So my mom - trying to be a trouble maker for me - asked Ben if he wanted a puppy too. But Ben, trying to trump his cousins said, "No, I'M getting a baby!" Take that, Lily and Elizabeth!!
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I thought Ben had baby intuition. For the longest time, he said that he was going to have a sister. He named her Lucy - which we had no idea where that name came from (he doesn't know any Lucys). He even told his teacher and his friends about his baby sister, Lucy. We started to get a little worried that he'd be disappointed if we actually had a boy. So, I thought there had to be something to that. That maybe kids can sense these things.

As I was telling someone about Ben's baby intuition, I asked him, "So Ben, what are you going to have - a baby brother or sister?" expecting the response to be a sister. Well, he said he was having a baby brother - Sam. Today, he told Jim that he was having a baby brother, but this time he was naming him - Tom (cuz that's what Grandma Mostek said the name was). So much for intuition...