My Benny

A small sampling of Ben's very random thoughts for you:

Ben: "Hey Daniel, have you ever lived in a cinnamon house?"
Daniel: "Umm.... no."
Ben: "Well, I have. It's very cool! The walls are all made of cinnamon & when you walk in everything smells like cinnamon."

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Ben: "Mom, we need to put Justin back in the baby machine."
Mom: "Why?"
Ben: "Because they didn't make him right. Look, his head is too big for his body!"

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Last year, when we asked Ben what he wanted for his birthday he very confidently said "A machine that shoots out pillows and then turns them into flan!" I didn't know quite what to expect for this year so today I asked him what he would like. Here is his answer:
Ben: "I want a baby Tapir or a platypus. But actually, the book says that platypuses have poison so it might be dangerous for me. Maybe you should just get me a Tapir. And don't worry, Tapirs live in the forest so we can just plant a lot of trees in the yard to make a forest for him so he won't die."

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Ben: "Mom, you are the queen ant and I'm the soldier ant that protects you, but oh no! we don't have a king so the kingdom will be torn unless we can find a king. Oh, I know, I'll go call my friend Jim. He lives down the street. He will be a good king for us. He knows how to rule everything, even fish and eagles."

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Michael & Joy came for a visit and Michael had some cookies for the kids. First he went to Lily and said "Lily, what's my name?" Lily answered "Michael!" So Michael gave her a cookie and she said "Thank you!"
Now, Ben was watching this and his eyes grew wide when he saw that Lily had gotten a cookie. He couldn't wait for his turn. So Michael turns to Ben and says "Ben, what's my name?" And Ben just looks at him all excited and says "Thank you!!!"