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Letter from Ben

Hi Cathy,

This is from me Ben on my first birthday...I'm all grown up. Julie says Hi...she is lying down (as usual) in her (well it's really mine, but I let her use it) place. She is a great mom and is lots of fun as well...the three of us play every night..and she can jump almost as high as me.

So, I didn't get any presents, yet..Louise told Eleanor that she was going to give me a ball of yarn...I can hardly wait...I'll just wrap this place up. Eleanor didn't get me a present...hmmm...but she says whenever she buys me a toy I only play with it for a few minutes and then just play with the old toys or the twist ties...

I'm learning to cook...whenever Eleanor makes supper I sit on the counter and watch her..she lets me help sometimes..she says I'm a great helper..I really like the dishwasher I've hid in there a few times..not with the door closed of course, that would really freak us all out..although one day..eleanor didn't see me run out into the hall and she closed the door..good thing she and Jewel heard me meow, although they really didn't know where I was at first. As eleanor said, it was pretty traumatic.

Jewel helps eleanor with her makeup in the morning...she is her fashion advisor...eleanor told me she really counts on her to watch and make sure she puts her make up on right. And then she brushes Jewel until she looks so beautiful...My Mom is really something else.

Oh, yes, about the pictures..well eleanor tries but everytime she sees a good shot of us you know...kissing or lying in the sun with our arms around each other, or just looking gorgeous and as she says "sweet"; and just as she gets her camera..we MOVE.....ha ha ha ..it's really funny because she gets really frustrated.and makes these awful faces. but she keeps trying so one day.....

So, that's all our news for now, I am having a a great birthday...hope you are well.

Ben

Ben lives with his mother Julie and his "other mother" Eleanor, a photography instructor in Canada.