The Quest for the Light

As you know, we have a sunken living room. So lately Ben's been climbing on to that end table by the light switch so that he can play with the lamp. Every time we yell at him, he climbs right off. Today I caught him standing on the couch reaching for the lamp. Couldn't figure out how he got there until I remembered that a few minutes before that he had been playing with the black plastic tub. Turns out he had turned it over and used it as a stepping stool.

Ooh, Scary!

Ben has taken to getting a mischievous smile on his face, then saying "Bah!", trying to scare me. He loves when I react to it and will just chuckle and sometimes laugh big belly laughs doing it over and over again.

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What Say You?

If you're Ben, quite a bit, actually. In the last week, he's said:

• more please, when he wanted more cheese puffs
  
• ball, when playing with a ball at his grandma Jan's place
  
• apple, when he wanted more apple at lunch
  
• Amen, after we prayed for a meal
• sister, after we got home from picking up Rachel today.
  

It seems like the puzzle pieces are all starting to fall into place and he's picking up words left and right. It's so neat to hear him be able to express himself more - just really exciting to hear words out of that little mouth!