Benjamin Keith

Today is Benjamin's birthday observed.  The actual day is Monday and on that 13th of December, he will be three years old.  We are on the cusp of an entirely new phase of life.  No more toddlers.  No more babies.  We are on the horizon of life with kids, who wind up in your bed with their freezing cold feet pressed against your leg.  Benjamin and I sat having a conversation last night about whatever superhero happened to be at the forefront of his mind and it still surprises me how much his speech has exploded over the course of this year.  Today we are taking him to Toys R' Us for the birthday tradition of letting them go to the "special toy store", only gone to once a year, on their birthday, and let them pick out their own presents.  Since we never go there, it is fun to see their faces when they are faced with an entire store of nothing but toys.  Three years old is the first year they get to go, so Ben is excited.  He is already planning on getting a "Woody toy" and a pig and a dinosaur.  Clearly he has Toy Story on the brain.  That is what he was talking about last night.  Not a superhero.  He was explaining how Buzz Lightyear flies through the sky.  -50 good parent points for clearly phasing in and out of paying attention. 

  

Happy Birthday, Benjamin Keith.  You make my heart happy.