Ben the Bear

This past Tuesday Hunter got to bring Ben the Bear home from school to spend the week with our family.  Hunter was so excited to have a new family member, and he did a pretty good job of remembering to bring him everywhere with us.

On Tuesday, Ben played in the backyard with us...

And he had fun watching tv with H and C several days this week...

The iphone is always a hit...

I didn't get a picture of it, but Hunter was holding Ben's paw and trying to have him push the buttons on the phone.  It was dang cute.

Ben ate dinner with us...

And slept with Hunter at night and during naps...

On Friday we drove out to Las Colinas to visit some of Frank's (my father in law) cousins that were in town, and Ben drove out there with us...

And he came to soccer practice on Thursay and the soccer game on Saturday...

(Hunter was in a terrible mood that day.)

Mine and James's anniversary is tomorrow, so when he was on a run yesterday, the kids and I put this hammock together so he could be surprised with his gift when he got home.  The kids loved cuddling on the hammock with Ben...

(And today after naptime, Charlotte asked if she could go ride the roller coaster.  It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that the roller coaster was the hammock!)

Then Grandee and Poppy came over tonight to watch the kids so that James and I could go out for our anniversary, so of course Ben had to spend some time with them...

I know Hunter will be so sad to take Ben back to school on Tuesday...he felt so special having him for the week!