This is my shout out to Benji’s primary leaders and teachers. Sunday evening Packer was making a wish with a dandelion so Benji went down the street and found a dandelion so that he could do the same. SO he was super excited to tell me his wishes and they were:

I wish that families could be together forever.

I wished that all babies could be born. (that one was precious, he is very aware and understands what has been going on with the miscarriage.)

I wish that there was no crying.

And I wish that we could go to church every time.

He could not quit talking about primary and his teacher and his music leader and all of the stuff that he learned. He really is a sponge right now. He soaks in everything that he can. His preschool teacher also said that he is a great student. Listens, does his work, answers questions. He really is a good kid. We love him.

QUICKSILVER

This is Benji’s soccer team. There are 8 kids on the Team and 4 on the field at a time.

Is Benji a head shorter than everyone else?

Here’s Benji chasing after the ball.

And here he is watching everyone else – not quite getting in there.

High 5’s from Coach Dad!!

Water Break!

I think he’d rather be doing this than really playing…

Packer wanted to get the cameras attention also.

Here is number 9 doing a little super hero pose before a kick off.

And Benji’s biggest kick of the game was this free kick – he got some air under the ball!

He has a smile on his face and says that he is having fun so I guess the fact the he only touches the ball 5 times a game is ok with him and us. Maybe he’ll learn to be aggressive one of these games. Benji wants me to tell his Grandma’s that he can run super fast, He’s not scared ever. He can kick the ball tons of times and he can remember which way to go everytime and he listens to what his dad says and he got a treat because he is super good. And  I always sometimes my mom takes me to where Icecream is and I get icecream because I kicked it tons of times, even faster than all.

Game Over! Who brought the treats?

And what is a post without a Cali picture. She is a real crawler now. She finally recognizes that knees are a lot faster than her stomach.

His first day of preschool was last Wednesday and he did awesome! We did have tears. Not from the Benji, not from the mom… it was Packer, screaming because he couldn’t go to school like his brother! So cute and so sad all at once. Benji has changed his view of preschool 100% in the last month. He was excited. Sitting on the porch a half of an hour early begging to go. He did get a little timid when it was time to walk to the door and he asked me to go in with him but he went in and said goodbye and got his name tag and that was that. Aunt Shannon was here this morning so she and Benji got their first day of school pictures. She was off to BYUI and meeting all of her new roommates.

Benji is loving school and so am I. The other 2 are much easier to entertain and Packer is excited to play with Benji when he gets home. A grocery cart fits 2 kids a lot easier than 3 and so does my stroller. 2 is just easier than 3.