I have considered using this picture many times.  It is Ben, and he is pretty little, which is not the case any longer.  He will be heading to KINDERGARTEN this week!! And a lot of that preparation has made us long for, and remember him as this little guy.

Kids however, grow, and he has been no exception. He still has the giraffe, which was a gift from his brother and sister before he was born.  He keeps it in his room though, as most superheroes are not in need of stuffed giraffes too often.

He still of course is 5, and when he is not fighting crime we do see bursts of age appropriate behavior…. particularly at bedtime.  He will start with not wanting to sleep alone, to he is afraid of the dark, to he hears stuff, to the scary pumpkin (it is packed away in a box in the basement…a Halloween toy) scares him, to he is worried about us, to (generally and finally) he has leg cramps.  And nightly he just goes through the list hoping that something works or that he wears someone out.

Tonight however, I went to check on him as he hasn’t been in our room in quite some time, and I ran into Scott coming out of Ben’s room where he went in to say goodnight.  I asked him if he was asleep and he said no, and that Steph was in there.  Ben is a snake.  Steph was in there with him because Ben went to HER room and said he was scared….and he sucked her right into his sneaky world.   He is a pro for sure.

But the picture is of him when he was a newborn…cute and sweet.

Who would have thought that such a cute little baby would have everyone hopping some 5 years later to meet all his made up fearful needs?

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+