Our kitchen the parking lot

There used to be a time when I wished we had an island in our kitchen to give us more counter space. Now I'm very happy we don't since that gives us a very open kitchen with plenty of space for Benji to roam. Our favorite usage of the kitchen right now is for Benjamin's ride-on cars and other wheeled toys. In fact we even have particular "parking spots" for each of his cars.

Benji has gotten pretty good at getting on and off his ride-on cars, sometimes needing a bit of help stopping the car from sliding away. He hasn't yet figured out how to propel himself forward, but he can definitely go backwards. I love pushing him forward while saying "vroom-vroom" and then letting him back up towards me. Such big laughs and smiles!