Ben’s Business

For the Christmas concert, the fourth grade choir played their recorders. They played Ding Dong Merrily On High and Hark the Herald Angels. All the kids wore jeans, white t-shirs and santa hats. You know what I loved? The fact that the school calls it a “Christmas” program and they sang songs about Christ’s birth. The schools in Arizona and Oregon wouldn’t let the kids sing anything about Jesus. It was like it used to be when I was a kid–simple and no worries about who’s going to be offended by celebrating Christmas—ahhh. OK, off my soapbox now.

Ben’s birthday was February 12. We had two celebrations. The first was on the 3rd for him and his friends. We went to the Ringling Bros. Circus in Charlotte. We let him invite two friends since we all went and we couldn’t fit more in our car. He invited a boy named Spencer and a girl named Lea. He got Star Wars figures, a book and a Nerf Dart game.
On his birthday he had his favorite food–Pizza, shrimp, mandrin oranges (I threw in broccoli), and smoothies. I made Paula Dean’s poundcake–way too rich, nobody could finish one piece. He got a book and crystal kit (from grandma & grandpa), $20 (from grandma & grandpa Muhlestein), a Lego castle, Lord of the Rings figures, a butterfly habitat, and a scripture case.

Also some big news if you hadn’t already noticed—Ben got glasses!

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