sleeping boys

I have a tender spot for photos of sleeping babies and children and I really should take more photos of the boys asleep.  What this photo doesn't tell you is that the two of them are sound asleep in my bed, because "there's a monster in there" said Josh and "I'm lonely" said Ben.  What it really means is that they miss dad, but only 4 more sleeps till he comes home.

Hero Factory Boys

Ben, age 6

Ben at the bottom of the Outside Inn pool

• Age 6
• Loves swimming, would prefer to spend most of his time under water
• Obsessed with Ben 10 aliens, legos, Superheroes
• Loves reading chapter books, including Deltora Quest, Narnia and James and the Giant Peach
• Enjoying being on a soccer team, but isn't the most competitive of players
• Loves learning
• Has a limited diet, but will try one bite of anything, as long as there's a cup of ketchup to go on top of it
• Very protective of his little brother
• Knows how to operate the television, netflix and apple tv better then I do
• Enjoys drawing and taking pictures
• Loves to set up "shop" and barter with you to buy his favorite toys and books

Josh, age 3 1/2

A fun photo of Josh up in Lake Tahoe taken my our friend Titch

• Age 3 1/2
• Obsessed with dinosaurs
• Loves swimming, especially naked
• Loves building zoob, lego and Lego Hero Factor creations
• Enjoys books
• Loves dressing up, the current favorite is his dinosaur Halloween costume, but others in high circulation are Batman, Ben 10 Swapfire and anything with a cape.
• Will eat just about anything, "I love green beans", "I love corn", "I love noodles"
• Favorite time of the day is snuggle time in bed, especially with Dad
• Loves drawing pictures, and if he's concentrating hard he'll stick out his tongue
• Happily wears his crocs or chacos on the wrong feet
• Bounces/skips or runs, rather then walks
• When he gets excited his little eyes get really big and and he has a hard time explaining himself

Legoland

We went to Legoland last month with Uncle Miles and the boys were in heaven.  We thought it was going to be more of a lego educational museum, so we were a bit surprised that it's a full fledge amusement park.  Josh loved the dinosaur roller coaster, Ben loved the dragon ride, Dan liked the water ride, Miles liked the helicopter ride with Josh and I liked the mini lego world.  It was a full on adventure and all parties were exhausted by the end.

Underwater Pool Fun

Jones Bar, South Yuba River

A little summer swimming down at Jones Bar on the South Yuba River.