November 14th, 2015. (7 years, 5 months old.) by ben
We went for a hike out to the marsh with some friends. The marsh is very large.
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Because of the drought, the marsh is very dry – you can walk right out into it and the dirt is not wet like it normally would be. And the plants are mostly dry and dead. We did find a cool clearing a ways in to walk around in. Here, we found that a little ways below the nice soft dirt is a layer of clay.
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We had a good time playing in the dirt, playing with the cattails, and running all over the place!
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August 9th, 2015. (7 years, 2 months old.) by ben
OK, well it is a first flight in a small airplane, anyway.
My friend Derek invited Daddy and I to go for a ride. At first a was a little scared, but after Derek practiced a few landings, I could tell that he was a good pilot.
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You can see a lot of stuff out the window of this plane!
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July 24th, 2014. (6 years, 1 month old.) by ben
M&D and I took a trip out to the beach. First we went back to the tide pools so I could show Mommy what she missed on the field trip.
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Then we went over to the wave beach. My friend Zoey came to meet us and Daddy buried us in the sand!
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I want to go back again!
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October 22nd, 2013. (5 years, 4 months old.) by ben
Last weekend was pumpkin carving with the Thomassons.
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They all came over and everyone had a pumpkin to carve. Dan was helping Jack. He chose a hard vampire pattern.
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Here’s Oliver hard at work. His pumpkin had the most seeds. I’m not sure if that is good or bad.
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And here we are with our finished Jack-o-Lanterns.
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August 21st, 2013. (5 years, 2 months old.) by ben
I was very excited about my first day! I had my lunch and backpack and I was ready to go.
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Some of my friends from BCC are in my class. Our teacher, Mrs. Pressler, is very nice.
I can’t wait to go back tomorrow!
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July 30th, 2013. (6 months, 2 weeks old.) by andrew
Mommy said I was finally ready.
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So far, I’ve had rice cereal (ok), prunes (woah! But getting better…), and sweet potatoes (rockin!)
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July 1st, 2013. (5 years, 1 month old.) by ben
It was hot dog Thursday at the air museum, so we met the Thomassons there.
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There were two airplanes to go in. The first one w went to was this T-37.
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Then we went to visit a one seater airplane that Daddy says is called an F-106.
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Look at me flying the F-106!
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Then we took a ride over to where the flying airplanes are like the Alaska Airlines planes. There we got to go on a visiting B-17G!
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June 29th, 2013. (5 years old.) by ben
Some friends and I took a trip to Armstrong Woods to see – and climb on – the big trees.
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We had a great time!
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June 19th, 2013. (5 years old.) by ben
Grandpa and Nana came up to visit for my birthday. They got me some Legos and Thomas trains which I started playing with immediately!
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Later we had a few friends over for a party. Mommy made two cakes: chocolate and vanilla!
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And now the best part! Mmmmmmm…..
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(Ed. Note: Sorry for the late posting on this one…)
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May 22nd, 2013. (4 years, 11 months old.) by ben
Recently, I had a picnic with my friends. We play beanbags, soccer, and just ran around a lot.
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We also took a break to cool down and watch some videos…
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