The secret of the reindeer

I told mom and dad tonight that when I yawn the yawn goes through the walls and up through the ceiling and puts more air into the sky and that's how the reindeer stay up.

I guess everyone should yawn a lot Christmas eve!!

Graveyards and Statues

I was just explaining to Jimmy that sometimes when people die they go into graveyards and become statues. And I saw a statue in Dublin one time that wasn't really a statue but a dead person. Can you imagine that? I saw a real dead person.
I wonder why mom doesn't remember any of this? Jimmy said he saw a statue in San Francisco so I told him it wasn't really a statue but a dead person. Then we decided to watch Winnie the Pooh.

Dear Santa

I sent this letter to santa today:

Dear Santa,
Please can I have R2D2
Love
Ben

I hope I get it!

Shooting stars

I was outside the other night and I came in and told mom and dad I saw a shooting star, but it wasn't shooting.

The short sound of the letter A

Mom and I checked a book out of the library called Cats and it's all about words that have the short sound of the letter A in them. It has sentences like "the cat is on the mat."

I read the whole book! I even sounded out words like Pam and Jack. Pretty soon I'll be able to read mommy my three bedtime books!

ABCDEFG

I'm learning to write my letters. I surprised my mom by writing my name in chalk on the sidewalk so then we wrote the whole alphabet out. I needed help with a few letters but I wrote a lot on my own!

I'm a big boy now!

I was riding my bicycle with daddy yesterday, and I had my first spill on the bike. I bumped my knee and scraped my elbow up pretty well. But I survived and I'll get back on the bike and ride again... maybe next time I'll wear my elbow and knee pads though!

I got to put on two Band-Aids: one with Yoda, and one with storm troopers and Bobo Fett so things weren't bad.

My 4-year checkup

I'm 40.2 lbs and 43 inches! 85th percentile for weight and 95th for height. No wonder people never believe I'm only 4!

There was a farmer had a what?

So I was at the motorcycle races with mommy and daddy, and I started to sing a song:

there was a farmer had a dog
...B-I-M-B-O

I don't know why mom and dad started laughing so hard!