Ben's first day of school in the woods

Summer in the city

Note the fleece jackets

Ben has been up to so many new things lately, starting a new school, visits to cousins and grandparents, and lots of camping.

Today he put his engineering skills to work by building a boat out of duplo legos. When it didn't float, he added new supports to the sides and added another person on top "to balance it out".

Ben has been working on the emotions of growing up. A few weeks ago he said he wanted to go back to his old school, Rainbow, to help be a teacher. When Teacher Kim asked him what he wanted to teach the kids he said

"Dear Teacher Kim,
I want to teach the kids about no fighting allowed. and teach the kids about I can buy them a present and I'm not going to tell the kids about the present, it's a secret. you can't bring it home it's for the school."