Mommy's birthday

For his mommy's birthday, Ben and his parents went out to western Massachusetts, in the Amherst/Northampton area, to have a family weekend. They went to Atkin's farm market to have some lunch (meatloaf and potato chips for Ben). It's a place his daddy used to go all the time when he was in college. Then they went to the Eric Carle museum of picture book art. Eric Carle is the guy who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." Ben liked looking at some of the original art, but he loved the big lobby and the library, which is stuffed full of wonderful picture books and lots of toys. It's a great museum for little kids. He'll have even more fun there in a couple years, when he can see the puppet plays and spend a little more time looking at the art.