Yes, this was Ben this morning, not in HIS room of course, but in MINE.  He had his “Ben 10” DVD in and was watching episodes about a young kid just a little older than him, who can become 10 different “heroes” (thank you alien watch that he found!).  It is a pretty cool show.  What I love about Ben is that he gets into something and we watch it awhile and then he is into something else.  We see enough of it to not be just in and out and miss any depth of story.  He likes the variety…..so we also get into all the things…..Veggietales, Xmen, Transformers, Superman, Spiderman, Avengers….you get it.  But it is all boy and all the time!!

And it is good for me to be a part of.  He loves the characters and he thinks (often) that he is every one of them!!  The great part is that it keeps our house “crime and evildoer free,” while also keeping him out of the Juvenile Detention Center.

And his passion of it all remind me of when I was a kid.  Movies had heroes…..soldiers, cowboys, whatever……the good guys were the ones you wanted to be and that was a good thing.  Now of course it is a different story.  Evil often wins and shock value rules the cinema.  The great part about Ben is that it is ALWAYS about the good guys……just like it was when I was a kid.

So this was good for me to see, but even better for me to be a part of!  I love him and I should…..he is one of the good guys!

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+