Birthday

Happy Birthday, Aunt Amy!

Bugs!

Today I finished my bug book. I learned about bees, wasps and spiders. Did you know that wasps made paper before people did? Did you know that wasps would sting the spiders so their children would have food to eat until they could go out and get their own. I read more than one hour today. My Mom wasn't even paying attention to the clock. I got a new book in the mail. I will tell you about it tomorrow!

Paper wasps

New sponsors!

A big thank you to our newest sponsors!

Joanne & Sam and
Jim & Jan

That brings the total up to $67.71 an hour if Ben reads the full 21 hours!
Thanks so much!!

Reading

Last night I finished the book "Danny and the Dinosaur" by Syd Hoff. Danny went to the museum and he saw bunches of things. It was telling about a dinosaur and Danny. The dinosaur came to life and Danny played with him all day. They played hide and go seek with Danny's friends and they watched a baseball game. If you notice, when you have a dinosaur you wouldn't have to pay to watch the game because a dinosaur could lift you up! The kids kept on winning at hide and go seek. But then they thought of something. It was to imagine that the dinosaur wasn't there so that the dinosaur would win. Then the kids just gave up because they couldn't find him. Danny asked the dinosaur if he could come home but he couldn't so he just watched until the dinosaur was out of sight.

About Me

I want to tell you a little about me. I like to do puzzles and I like to ride my Rip stick.

My Dad likes to watch a lot of football. He hopes Indianapolis wins in the Super Bowl. My Dad and I like to go target shooting and fishing.

I have three brothers and one sister. I am the youngest of all of them. One brother is 18, one is 15 and the other is 14. My sister is the oldest. She is 21. My brother Aaron likes Lego's and Nathan likes to play video games. Scott likes to sleep a lot. My sister, Sarah, likes to read.

I like spending lots of time with my friends.

These are some of my friends. One of them is named Dalton and one is Eric. The other one is named Matthew and that one in the camouflage pants is me. Some of my friends have moved. Eric liked to swim and also liked to play games. He was the one that moved.

This is me in TaeKwon Do when I was a white belt. I was going for my white/yellow belt. I now am one belt past the white & yellow belt. Now I am a yellow belt. I like Tae Kw0n Do because it is fun.

Apology and Announcement

I missed listing a couple of very special contributors:

Corbin (age 11)
Bryson (age 4)
and their father
Derek

I am so sorry I missed listing you guys!! We appreciate your support. THANK YOU!

As of today, Ben is making $30 an hour reading for Haiti plus $442 in contributions and sponsoring a child in Haiti for a year. If we take all the contributions and divide by the 21 hours Benjamin is planning on reading, that makes the total $65.33 an hour!! Sponsoring a child for the year will be an ongoing endeavor for Benjamin to be inspired by and learn from. Thank you to everyone for all your help!

If you are just now discovering our site, welcome! It isn't too late to get in on the fun, if you wish to contribute, just leave a message in the comments section. Thanks again for your support!

*Drawing by Bill Watterson

Thank you

We just wanted to send out a BIG thank you to Ben's newest sponsors:

George
Larry & Gloria
John
Sally
Gail, Mark, Savanna, & Collin

If you have committed to donate and don't see your name on the list, please let me know!

We are very touched that so many have agreed to donate to such a good cause and to encourage our son. Words are not enough, but we want to thank you. I expected Ben to tire of the reading, but each morning the first thing he wants to do is see how many have stopped by to read his blog. He LOVES seeing the numbers go up further and further.

I'll add all the donations up tomorrow and let you know how much he is making per hour.

Thanks again!!