I still had my camera in my bag yesterday at school from the night before's woodworking activity. So I pulled it out and took some shots of Benjamin at school yesterday. Look at the little turkey at the computer. He has mastered the mouse and so enjoys playing some of the games that they have. He can color and do a counting and matching game. I swear that kids today are born with a USB cable. He amazes me. Ben also enjoys the light table and the different things that are put out on it. Often there is a train set and sometimes a building kit. The other table often will house rice, or sand, beans, bears, or even snow. The teachers change it out depending on the topic for the week/month.
We are afraid that with the budget cuts they might cut this play and learn program. We have been told there will be changes but are unsure what they will look like. It will break my heart if they do get rid of it. We have loved the activities and the friends that we have made.

Builder workshop

Tonight we went to a builder's workshop at the school. Lowe's sponsored it and we got to build a lovely snowman. Benjamin loved swinging the hammer.

I will say that I wish Joseph had been able to go. I felt a little out of place as many fathers were there with their kiddos. Joseph had cub scouts.

Benjamin was proud of his creation and did I mention that he loved swinging the hammer? Too bad we couldn't get him to look at the camera.

Climber

Benjamin is a climber. Need proof? This is today's afternoon activity.....

Snow cave

This weekend Joseph hollowed out two sides of the snow pile down the driveway. It made a lovely igloo and it's nice that Ben can crawl through.

glasses

This weekend Benjamin decided to steal Joseph's glasses. We thought that he looked particularly astute.

Snow shoes

We bought snow shoes for Christmas for the whole family. Late last week we went traipsing through the 3 ft snow drifts in our back yard and in the field behind our house. It felt so good to be outside again. Benjamin navigates really well in them. This week the temp is back in the single digits and we are inside for the time being.

Museum

We recently went to the Science Center in Ithaca. We had a ball. We liked it so well that we went ahead and purchased the membership. Luckily the membership is reciprocal and we can use it at the Most here in Syracuse and in about 100 other children's science museums around the country. Here are some shots of Ben enjoying the water / duck exhibit. My batteries died just after these shots.