Benjamin Jaeger Mendelsohn

Born: 8/29/96
Weight: 50 lbs.
Height: 45 1/2"
Throws: Right Handed
Bats: Left Handed

Ben is now in Kindergarten and enjoying it!

Clockwise from above: Ben and Natsha frolic in the pumpkin patch this past fall. Ben with best friend Elliot at the park. A glum Ben in front of his classrom on the first day of kindergarten. Cheer up kid! You've only got 18 years of school left!. Below: Ben about to climb his "special climbing tree," a new favorite pastime.

Our Mixed Holiday Traditions: Above, Ben as the "Donkey" in the Unitarian Fellowship Christmas pageant. Explaining to his sister what it's like being a big showbiz star. At right, Ben and Natasha decked out in their holiday best posing with a giant dreidel left by enormous alien Jews.