big plans for a little man

ben had a good day. he enjoyed his smoothie, took a long late afternoon nap, and got to be in control for a little while. he had big plans. and we were happy to let him do his thing. first he decided that the dining room chairs should be in the living room. facing out. he used so much energy accomplishing this feat. i wish you could have heard the noises he was making while dragging these big chairs into the living room and then positioning them right.

we thought that actually it was pretty fine positioning and we enjoyed the view on this sunny day. but that was just the beginning...next, he went back into the dining room and got the guitar (i didn't even know that he knew what it was or where!) and grunted some more until we brought that into the living room as well. we got the hint. family guitar time in front of the sunny window. it was such a great plan!

he was satisfied. later i took him to the library and he went to work. he found all of the little chairs and started dragging them around and lining them up. only this time there was no guitar and no audience. he got bored of the activity and was content to go home and have a great afternoon. he didn't fall asleep until after 10:00. he couldn't stop giggling. even when all of the lights were out he was curled up in my arms giggling. i think he was proud of himself. i gave him a million kisses and reluctantly layed him down where he finally settled into a good sleep.