Ben is talking so much, and is such a sweet darling boy.  He stills enjoys playing with his trucks, and most times his play consists of lining them up on the living room window sill and then loading them back into his dump truck, jack o lantern or Rebecca's pink easter basket.  He'll do the same with his animals, and usually rotates between the two from day to day.  Some mornings the first thing Ben utters when Daddy or I get him out of his crib is "trucks!". 

He also recently started getting a shopping bag out of the pantry and filling it with food like boxes of pasta noodles as if he's shopping at the grocery store.  Then he announces that we need to "go home" from the store with our filled bags.  If I let him, I tihnk he'd walk out to the van and pretend we are driving home with our load.

Ben also likes to play "birthday" party, but I'm not sure exactly what the inspiration was, outside of his own birthday party in April. One day, we brought one of his helium balloons that was still inflated and a cupcake, along with a bag of either toys or food, out to the porch, where he enjoyed a "birthday party" and we sang "Happy Birthday" to just about everyone we know.