Ben's Journal

The other day I was going through the afternoon ritual, unloading backpacks, unpacking lunches, getting homework together for the kids to do after they get 30 minutes of free time.

I came across a green notebook in Ben's backpack. It was his journal from school. It's suppose to stay in their seat sack, but on occasion, he accidentally packs up something he shouldn't. I flipped through it and it made my day. Here are some of the highlights.

This says:  "My family is cool.  They love me.  My sister's name is Emily.  I like Emily."  He misspelled Emily's name, but come to think of it, I've never taught him how to spell her name.  The little girl that sits across from him is Emily also, but spelled Emilee.  I asked him where Noah was and he said he didn't have time to draw him.

This was after we had the kids watch a Dateline about Stranger Danger approaching kids in an ice cream truck.  At least he retained what he learned!

This says:  "Something I don't like is my patch."  Ben is still patching his good eye 3 hours a day.  I love the drawing of the patch. 

This says:  "I went to Wet N Wild.  It was fun."  That's him going down the Boa Constrictor, his favorite slide.

This says:  "My brother is 3 years old.  He is bad."  The picture is of Noah throwing a ball through a window and me freaking out.  Noah of course saying "it was not me".  That's never happened...yet.  Well, breaking the window has never happened.  I freak out every day.

This says:  I remember I dressed up as superman.  I was flying.  It was cool."  I love the drawing and that he's always wearing glasses in his pictures.

This says:  "me and my family were camping.  We were cooking marshmellows.  We were sleeping in a tent."  I love the drawings and how when he draws his profile, it really just looks like he's cyclops.

Oh how we love this kid!