What's a Binky??

When Ellie was beginning to talk she developed some unique nicknames for people. Every one knows the one she created for my mom, BooBoo, but she also decided that "uncle" was not going to work for my brother so Binky Ben it is! Don't really know why but when we would try to teach her to say Uncle Ben it just came out as Binky. Anyway it stuck so the boys call him binky also. By the way I have called him Brother and he has called me Sister our whole lives so you won't hear me refer to my brother as Ben, ever.

Well, Binky Ben came for a visit this week as the big finale of summer vacation. My brother decided that he wanted to take the kids to the zoo as a big treat and it was a big treat except that this happened to be the hottest week of the summer!!! So BooBoo, Binky Ben, Me and the three E's made our way to the zoo. We carried a big cooler and found every air conditioned building we could find between the lions and the elephants. Despite the heat advisory the kids loved it! Eli didn't fuss one time and no one ever whined. My brother happens to be a wealth of trivial knowledge. He used to read encyclopedias while he sat on the toilet (had to add that just because) so he knew many facts about the animals that he shared with the kids this was especially fun for Ellie. The next day Ellie requested that we go to Dale's for lunch and BooBoo met us on her lunch break. That place hasn't lost its popularity, it was packed. After lunch Binky Ben took the kids to Target to pick out a toy for their birthdays. Ethan picked out a DS game, Eli picked out a red mustang (the miniature version) and Ellie just kept the money.

We had many other activities while Binky Ben was here. Of course, Saturday night when Binky Ben had just arrived Pop and BooBoo came to our house and we all had supper together. Then Sunday night Cousin Jill (check out her website, jillcarterphoto.com) came over along with her family to take a family portrait. We told Becca and Collins to come over and bring their kiddos. So, we had a cookout that night with all the cousins, well not all the cousins but it sounded like all of them... Drew, Callie, Hayley, and baby Ford plus my 3 which makes 7 kids at the Potts house. The kids had a blast!

Well it was good times, Binky Ben. Thanks for the zoo trip and shopping for birthday treats. Shout out to Aunt Justine sorry you didn't get to join us but we will see you soon. Congrats on your new job! So Binky Ben left on an important day which was the first day of school this will be the next post...to be continued. So the question was "What's a Binky?" well it's an Uncle with a little pizazz!!