The week before Thanksgiving Ben’s class had a pilgrim feast in school. He loved the hat they made so much he wore it all afternoon and while we were out running errands.

Ben is really enjoying school, he always comes home singing the songs from class and telling me stories they read. His parent-teacher conference was a few weeks ago and I found out School Ben is very similar to Home Ben. He loves learning new things, is a very good friend to the other kids, gets super excited for new projects and generally loves life. He recognizes most of his letters (uppercase and lowercase), can count to 40 and is starting to put together words like “stop” and his name (which he can write). He also needs to be told several times to stay on task and reminded to listen while others are speaking and wait his turn ;-) He’s informed me he had to sit in time out several times because he was being “too silly and not listening to Mrs. G” *hangs head*

I wasn’t surprised at all by the meeting, Ben is a pretty young guy compared to his peers (October birthday) and this is his first school experience. Academically he’s super bright, emotionally and socially there’s room for growth. Looking forward to seeing him develop more this school year!