Relationships are important to Ben these days. He has called Ba and his new stuffed puppy his "sisters", and they are sometimes babies, sometimes "have a big belly with baby inside". Tonight it had been a few weeks since Uncle Sly Dog had come to visit, and when we went around the table and said what we were thankful for, Ben said "Uncle Sly Dog!".

Ben has started making up new lyrics to his favorite songs - currently the favorite is "Row Your Boat". Last night: "Row, Row, Row your truck, over mama's head,...... gently down the road." Tonight: "Row, Row, Row your Daddy, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a bathtub."

We went to our local thrift store today and I let Ben pick out a small toy - a snowmobile - which he named, unprompted, his "Motor-ski".