The Letter E

April was the Month of E. Since Jon was on vacation the last week of April, we decided to carry it into May. Here is what we came up with:
With all the running Emily and I did together, Ben became very attached to her. He was very excited to pose for a picture with her.

Bens cousin Emma and his friend Ella also start with E. We can't forget Elmo (who Ben was infatuated with for at least a year), Ernie and Elmer Fudd.

We celebrated Easter and colored Easter Eggs. Ben loves coloring Eggs and looks forward to it every year.

Bagels for breakfast with friends has become a weekly tradition. Where else would we go but Einsteins?

Ben mastered Elevator buttons a long time ago and has recently become a master Escalator rider.

We found some pictures of Elephants and learned some facts about them:

Elephants are the largest land animal and Elephant babies take 22months to grow in their moms belly!

We looked at the number Eleven (11) and realized that if you turn it on its side, it makes an Equals (=) sign.

We looked at some places on the map like El Salvador, Ethiopia and Egypt. We learned that we live by lake Erie and we live on planet Earth.

We revisited a Bible verse Ben learned a while ago. Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

We talked about E things around the house like Erasers, Earrings, Eyes, E mail and our Elf movie.

We talked about the difference between Easy and hard and Empty and full.

Finally we learned that Ecouter means listen in French. We're struggling with that in English. Maybe saying it in 2 languages will help him learn to listen!

Even though we spent 2 months on E, we didn't seem to cover as much as I would have liked. The list for F is twice as long as E so we're going to go get started.