Babysoroos

Today Ben turned two. TWO. I can’t believe he’s so old already.

He’s turning into quite the little boy. He talks a lot (mostly intelligbly), he runs, he dances, he can sort of jump, he counts to eleven (but he skips some numbers on the way ;-)), he knows colors and shapes and animals and can identify all sorts of vehicles, especially construction-related ones. His most often requested lunch is carrots, tofu and noodles. He loves fruit, especially berries of any sort, and most veggies and any sort of cheese. And Thai food, and Chinese, and Mexican (it’s the salsa). Could he be the only toddler ever who asks for “More eggplant?” He tells nearly everyone he meets about our “blue car” and about going to the coffeeshop with Daddy. He knows what we mean when we spell B-A-T-H, so we have to find more creative ways of describing it.

He’s quite a character, and we love him dearly. Happy Birthday, Ben!

It was really hot here today, so we took dinner to the beach this evening and got some birthday pictures. And then had ice cream when we got home. 🙂

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Just some random ones from the last couple of weeks. Hanging out outside our favorite coffeeshop in town on a hot Saturday afternoon, talking on the phone, getting a haircut….

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We went to the Fourth of July celebration (on the 3rd!) in the town next to ours, and Ben got to climb in the driver’s seat of a big fire truck. It was very exciting for him! He even got a little Fire Chief hat, but he wouldn’t keep it on. We didn’t stay for the fireworks because it got really cold with the breeze off the water.

There are a few other random pictures from this week: the beach, the garden, in the house. One day I was putting away laundry and Ben was very quiet downstairs. When I looked to see what he was up to, he had both the camera and the lens bag dangling around his neck. Looked quite the professional, he did! Well, except for the pajamas. (That’ll teach daddy to leave them within reach, huh. 😉 )

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This year we only got a few pictures of Ben when we went to the Solstice Parade. Most of the pics were of the parade itself, but there are a few cute ones from before the parade started. There were *lots* of kids (and adults) drawing on the road with chalk.

And then there several photos of Ben just being silly and messing around in our garden (yard for the Americans). We’ve finally discovered a way to hang the hammock, and if I just lay there, Ben is happy to run around on the grass and fall over and roll about. And climb on me, of course.

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