Happy Fall

Sheer joy!

Halloween Treasure Hunt

Halloween fever is growing around here (thanks to Nana and her haunted house).  I put the boys to work for the Outside Inn's new Halloween themed treasure hunt.  I needed some photos of for the Outside Inn's blog, and they didn't seem to object.  The prize for finding all the items is a piece of candy, so they were game.

Ice Cream Covered Josh

Josh, at the Celtic Festival in Grass Valley. 

 For more photos from the event see my Outside Inn blog post, this photo didn't make that post. 

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