Some of Ben's favourites

Ben's favourite foods

• strawberries
• kiwi
• carrots
• grilled cheese
• Cheerios
• fish sticks
• meatballs (the PC Blue Menu meatballs; he won't touch my homemade meatballs, in true toddler style)
• pasta
• rice

Ben's favourite toys

• cars, cars, and more (or mo' mo', as Ben would say) cars
• the Playskool Ball Popper
• sand and water table
• wooden blocks

Ben's favourite activities

• swimming (oh, how Ben loves swimming)
• getting "horsey rides" on Mommy and Daddy's backs
• the chase game (being chased or being the chaser; doesn't matter!)
• going down slides
• racing cars on the XBox with Daddy
• colouring with markers
• helping to unload/load the dishwasher and to sweep the floor

Ben's favourite books

• Each Peach Pear Plum (it's an "I spy" style book and he's quite good at locating the characters)
• Bright Baby's First 100 Words
• Hop on Pop
• I Love You Through and Through

Ben's favourite TV shows

• Dora the Explorer (Nic wonders when Ben will begin to prefer Diego)
• Pocoyo
• The Backyardigans (which, for Ben, is all about Pablo, otherwise known as "Pah-bo")
• Wonder Pets
• Max and Ruby

Ben's favourite shape

• the star (I suspect thanks to Dora; Ben is all about the 'tar, so much so that he'll put them into his shape-sorter, dump them out, and do them all over again, leaving behind an array of neglected circles, squares, and triangles on the floor)