Ben got his first haircut today! He and I looked at pictures of the hair studio online on Friday, with the hopes getting him excited about sitting in one of the car shaped chairs. He cried when we sat him in the police car though and when the stylist sprayed his hair with water. Once she offerred him a lollipop though, he was much better, sucking on it throughout his cut and getting it replaced with a new one when he complained that hair had gotten on it. Ben's hair had gotten pretty long, but it got cut pretty short, with the stylist even using the clippers to shave the nape of his neck. His new short cut looked so cute on him. Daddy said he wished we'd gotten it cut much earlier. I thought he looked cute with his longer hair too though!
Lara came to visit at lunch, bringing chick filet chicken and fries for Ben. He loved dipping the fries in the polynesian sauce. He whispered to Lara to request a sip of her Dr Pepper, later asking for "more" in a whisper, Lara thought his whispers were an attempt to keep me from hearing, which may be true!
Allie and Henry came over in the afternoon after nap, and Ben seems to love having them at the house. He gave them lots of hugs throughout the afternoon.
Ben has started saying the word "heavy" once he picks things up, even for things that really shouldn't be that heavy for him. This evening he described his puzzles that he picked up to carry from the family room to the mud room as "heavy". He wanted to play with them with me in the mud room for some reason. He and I played with his blocks in the mud room and then with most of his puzzles, one by one. He and I were playing with his blocks when he said "puzzle" and we walked into the family room and he said "animals", but the first puzzle he chose was his vehicle puzzle, eventually getting to each of his animal puzzles. After we finished with all but his house puzzle, he sat on my lap on the family room floor while we read several stories out of the "Farm Tales" book that was Allie and Henry's. When we used to look at that book, it was just to look for "woof woof" pictures, but he pulled it out again this weekend and was interested in hearing all of the stories. He sat through at least 4 of them at a time. For the story where the animals are wondering where Farmer Brown is, Ben yells out "there he is" once we get to the page which shows Farmer Brown on his tractor. Daddy then took Ben upstairs where they read books in "Daddy bed", probably Good Night Moon, which has become somewhat of a ritual. And somehow Ben took Mommy's favorite pillow to his crib with him.
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