The Forrest Family: Ben is 4

Ben is 4. Really? Ben who came out of the womb silent as can be and literally surveying his surroundings, observing each and everyone's movement in the room is now 4?! He is the same way now as he was the moment he was born, well except for the silent part, he makes his presences know....In a good way, not in a bad boy kind of way. He is the life of the party and doesn't even know he is. He is hilarious. I am so proud of the little boy he is. He will befriend anyone, which we will have to work on the whole stranger danger subject. Shy has never been a term to describe him, although he can spell it for you. I've said it before and I'm saying it again, he is a smart lil booger. When he got tested for speech last Spring, he scored off the charts. After one of his speech sessions this summer, his teacher (Miss Kristen, who he loves) came out and says "uuummm he can read books?" Yes he can and thank goodness he can read because it is helping his speech therapy, he can do the speech exercises and knows what to do to correct the stutter. He loves to use the term "actually" when telling us a story. And when he hopes we aren't being serious about something he responds back to us "only kidding?" John and mine jaw dropped when he told us he knows what a baking potato is... "it's aaaaa compound word!" Little did we know, Noni had just taught him about compound words but still we are shocked.
Interests currently include... Playing Batman on the Wii and playing Batman on the playstation. OH and playing Mario Kart on the DS3.... apparently he has too much gaming toys but he does do other things, promise. He loves to go out and kick the soccer ball, however doesn't get the whole soccer game concept. He runs with everyone on the field but doesn't want to steal the ball from anyone. He accidentally knocked a girl down and John and I watched from the sidelines our sweet boy not paying attention to the game because he was so concerned about her. He loves to do puzzles, draw outside with chalk and pretend play with his superheros. Favorite show is Phineas and Ferb and he'll throw in Word World every now and then. Ben has extremely broaden his horizons in the food department. The one food he still doesn't like is spaghetti. Most everything else he'll try and maybe eat entirely.
Due to his summer obsession with Mario Kart - he wanted a Mario themed party. So that is what he got :) Pretty tiring hosting 35 people but worth every minute to see your boy in heaven!