Analyzed by Engineers (Ben's Blog)

Mother’s Day

ben — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:13:13 +0000

To wish Mommy a Happy Mother’s Day, we went to the park for a picnic. Mommy is such a good Mommy that she even made chocolate peanut butter brownie balls, and I got to eat some! Snarf.

Go Mommy!

Cake!

ben — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:10:46 +0000

Last week it was Jack and Elliott’s birthday party. They’re only just turning 3, so they needed all the help they could get eating that cake and ice cream. I was happy to help! Yum!

Work Day at School

ben — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:04:01 +0000

The big work party day finally arrived. I couldn’t wait!

I wore my safety vest and hard hat, and brought my shovel and wheelbarrow. I was ready!

Today we were going to move the sand out of the far yard playground, and put in some new wood chips!

We started digging!

And barrowing. Luckily, some friends came to help, so it was fun while we were working!

Check out my dumping technique!

Sometimes you have to stop so your photographer can get that “money shot”.

After we finished moving the sand out, it was time for a break!

Some water and some really yummy cookies really made it all worth it.

And how often do you get to sit on a gigantic pile of sand like this?

After the break was over, it was time to move the chips. I started by surveying the situation.

Then it was time to get to work filling my wheelbarrow and hauling those ‘chips down to the yard…

Here I go!

And of course, it is good to have help. We had a lot of work to do!

And here’s the dump!

And here’s the video highlights!

When you’re working hard, it’s hard pay attention to keeping sand out of your shoes. You can see how hard I was working!

Boy was that a fun day!

Ice Cream Hat

ben — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:40:12 +0000

Mommy has been working on this hat for me for a while, and she finally finished it!

I call it my ‘ice cream’ hat. The colors look like yummy ice cream!

Trip to the ER

ben — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:50:33 +0000

Last week, I got to take a trip to the emergency room. Not that it was any fun. They said I had a high temperature and the stomach flu. Yuck.

But M&D and the doctor took good care of me.

Easter Visit with Avery

ben — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:46:37 +0000

We had a quick trip to visit Avery and Ma and Pa’s house. Avery and I really cleaned up on the Easter egg hunt!

Better yet, we got to enjoy the spoils! As Pa would say, Mmmmmm Mmmmm!!

Ma told us some scary Little Mermaid stories before bedtime…

… and Aunt Danee read us some way cool Star Wars stuff.

I can’t wait to visit with Avery again!

Playtime with Jehan

ben — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:12:27 +0000

My best buddy Jehan came over to play the other day.

I think that even if we only had one tricycle to ride, Jehan would have done a good job sharing.

You can come back any time, Jehan!

The “Chuckster”

ben — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:33:10 +0000

Uncle Darren is always talking about how much he likes the “Chuckster”. Well, I finally got to visit!

They have a very fun ‘Scoop’ that I got to ride on, and lots of other fun things to do.

I can’t wait to come back!

Visit to the air museum

ben — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:32:52 +0000

It was hot dog day at the air museum, so Mommy took me over, and Daddy even took a “long lunch” so he could come, too.

We looked at lots of airplanes, but the most fun was playing Ex delivery man, and delivering packages from the airplane while Daddy flew the plane. My friend Elliott helped!

I also got to sit at the controls of this helicopter. I was a little worried, but the nice man in charge assured me that it would NOT take off.

Visit from Ma and Pa

ben — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:32:22 +0000

Ma and Pa came for a visit, and we went to see the Big Trees. I’ve been here before, so I could tell them all about the trees.

Here’s a nice shot of some wild Grandparents, and a wild raccoon! Just Kitten!

(Ed. Note: “Just Kitten!” is Ben’s way of saying “Just Kidding”. Just in case that wasn’t clear.)