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We like to do birthdays up big around here and it was great fun to get to celebrate our sweet Ben as he turned five. The kids love it when their birthday falls on the weekend since daddy gets to be here celebrating with us, too. So today was Ben Day, complete with all of his favorites.
Ben is our quietest, least needy, most likely to have a melt-down if he "hasn't had a chance to play alone in a while" (true situation) kid. He doesn't often ask for anything specific and has always been pretty easy to please. Watching him develop specific likes throughout this past year has been really fun. He's beginning to come out of his shell a little bit and letting us into his world more and more. And what a funny world it is! It's a world filled with dinosaurs and legos, knights and castles, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings (neither of which he has seen, both of which he's dying to see). It's a world of paper guns made by his big brothers and purchased by Ben with money he's earned doing little jobs for me around the house (and he proudly tells everyone that he's their best ~ and only ~ customer). It's a world of made up stories involving characters named Benny and Booba that tell of their dingo hunting adventures in the Outback. It's a world of basketball games with daddy by day and love talks with mommy by night (Mommy: "I think you're wonderful...", Ben: "I think you eat bloody eyeballs!").
It's a world in which he has a deep and true understanding ~ maybe better than anyone else in the family ~ of Jesus, who came to the world to be our Rescuer, and he prays diligently that the people we love would understand it too.
Sweet Ben is a delight and a joy and never fails to make us laugh with his kooky, off-the-wall, random thoughts. He is a smart and eager learner. He is a just and loyal friend. He is a sensitive little soul. He can't start the day without even just a few minutes of snuggle time (and he wakes up early to ensure that he gets it).
Happy fifth birthday, Benjamin Wesley! We're so glad God put you in our family.
We like to do birthdays up big around here and it was great fun to get to celebrate our sweet Ben as he turned five. The kids love it when their birthday falls on the weekend since daddy gets to be here celebrating with us, too. So today was Ben Day, complete with all of his favorites.
Ben is our quietest, least needy, most likely to have a melt-down if he "hasn't had a chance to play alone in a while" (true situation) kid. He doesn't often ask for anything specific and has always been pretty easy to please. Watching him develop specific likes throughout this past year has been really fun. He's beginning to come out of his shell a little bit and letting us into his world more and more. And what a funny world it is! It's a world filled with dinosaurs and legos, knights and castles, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings (neither of which he has seen, both of which he's dying to see). It's a world of paper guns made by his big brothers and purchased by Ben with money he's earned doing little jobs for me around the house (and he proudly tells everyone that he's their best ~ and only ~ customer). It's a world of made up stories involving characters named Benny and Booba that tell of their dingo hunting adventures in the Outback. It's a world of basketball games with daddy by day and love talks with mommy by night (Mommy: "I think you're wonderful...", Ben: "I think you eat bloody eyeballs!").
It's a world in which he has a deep and true understanding ~ maybe better than anyone else in the family ~ of Jesus, who came to the world to be our Rescuer, and he prays diligently that the people we love would understand it too.
Sweet Ben is a delight and a joy and never fails to make us laugh with his kooky, off-the-wall, random thoughts. He is a smart and eager learner. He is a just and loyal friend. He is a sensitive little soul. He can't start the day without even just a few minutes of snuggle time (and he wakes up early to ensure that he gets it).
Happy fifth birthday, Benjamin Wesley! We're so glad God put you in our family.