Ben spent a little bit of time playing blocks and the piano with Aunt Shelley and then went out on an unusually nice sunny day. Also, on a later day, Ben makes friends with Veronica and Alejandra at Aunt Shelley and Tio Paco’s open house.

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Aunt Shelley tickles the ivories with Ben, who is himself tickled with them since he first heard about them. In the second video, Ben devises a plan to get the piano all to himself.

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Ben and Grammy stopped by to hang out with Aunt Shelley and Tio Paco. Ben played with the new blocks Aunt Shelley got for him and he belted out a few notes on the piano.

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Baby Ben’s fist encounter with Aunt Shelley’s piano was quite the event. This sure makes a lot more noise than your toys, doesn’t it, Ben?

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OK, these better not be the generic animal crackers from the store! Ben can be a little picky about his grahams if he doesn’t see them coming out of the box.

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The quality control process (the Teddy Grahams come from the cupboard behind him, and Ben’s already forgotten the ones Aunt Shelley is giving him came from there):

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