September 21, 22, 23

On Tuesday, Jon and Arianne discuss plans for a chicken coop with Mark. They recently got five little chicks at a free giveaway. Sadly, we are down to three chicks now, but the hearty three are getting big and will need a coop soon.

On Wednesday and Thursday, we get to keep Benji at home while his parents bike off to work. Benji is a sweet, loud (even his mom says so), smiling, very busy baby. He plays happily much of the time. The plastic container collection, stored just within his reach, is a favorite toy. He dumps them out, pushes them around, fills them with small toys, shakes, empties and starts over again. His books are in easy reach, too, and he is mostly respectful of the paper pages. Oma and Opa worry less when he peruses his cardboard books, of course.

Opa starts working on the chicken coop. Benji and I take walks and putter around inside the house. We brought Benji an old pop-up toy from Jon’s youth just for fun and he is intrigued. His first birthday is just a week away. He is walking around everything but not quite ready to let go yet.