Work and Play

We've hit a "bumpy patch" with Ben recently. He's become very fussy when he gets frustrated. Which is more often than it was a couple of weeks ago. I talked to a mom I met at a mom's group at our library--who has THREE boys, ages 5, 2, and 10 months!!!--and she says that this is fairly normal, if annoying. So we're weathering the storm, so to speak.

But the silver lining is watching Ben learn so quickly and try new things. He's also started doing "jobs," or repetitive tasks involving moving objects around in a very organized way. Jonathan has read about this as being a developmental stage that kids go through. Here are some photos of Ben "organizing" his crackers on the couch and the floor. He took them out of the box one at a time and put some on the couch and others on the floor. Though it was a small mess, it was actually pretty neat to watch him do it. He was very involved, and couldn't care less that we were right there watching (and giggling).

Here his is at the end of his "job":



And the results of his hard work:


Here's a cute shot of Ben eating lunch wearing his "monkey toes" (slippers) that he's about to outgrow: