As our kids grow up we think it is important to do special things with each of them 1 on 1. Ben, being the oldest and only boy, gets to do lots of activities with dad. I was thinking that Ben and I hadn't done anything together without his sisters in a long time when we heard about the Veggies Tales concert. They talked about it at school and Ben really wanted to go. He listens to the Veggie Tales CD in his room pretty much every day and knows all the songs. So I ordered tickets, and Ben could not wait. He must have asked me every day for a week how much longer until the concert. He also wondered how the Veggies were going to get here if they don't have legs! When it was finally Friday, he asked me several times, "Do you think they're on the airplane right now?" We met up with his friends Sam, Jake and Zachary from school and their moms and had a picnic before the show. Then we had fun watching the Veggies show. Ben was in awe of how big they were! At intermission they talked about adopting kids through World Vision and Ben wanted to help one- he also was happy to get the toy for signing up. Afterwards, we went to the table and he carefully selected a boy named Luis F. We spent the ride home discussing why Luis needs our help and then spent today picking out just the right quarters from his piggy bank to send to Luis so he could get some food. Tonight when he went to bed he reminded me that we need to send Luis his money because he might be really hungry. Anyways, we had a great time together, and it was neat to spend time with just Ben and focus on his questions and conversation.
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