Sometimes when you least expect it...

...you find out you're bigger than life.

Ben had plans to go play with a friend one day in July.  The day before, the friend's mom called to say he was asked on the spur of the moment to take part in a commercial shoot at that time at a local pizza place, but that they could use Ben too.  Well, there were a bunch of kids there, and there was really no telling which ones they would decide to use.  I didn't think that much about it, to be honest.  They paid him with a $20 gift card, and after we got our free pizza, I sort of forgot about it.  Until the kids saw this when they were watching TV:

Then, a few days ago in the mail, out of the blue, we got this package with these:

That was nice, I thought, to make a miniature billboard for him.  But I got to thinking maybe it would be a good idea to check with them and see if he was actually ON a billboard.  And wouldn't you know, he is!  It's not near us, and not someplace we would ever drive by, so it's a good thing I asked!  It's close to the friend, but in the wrong direction from their house, away from their beaten path.  
So there you go.  Ben has endorsements already.  Move over Joe Mauer, there's a new kid in town!