Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Camping with daddy

Last weekend was the annual Dads and Kids campout in our church. Good thing Max has a new buzzed haircut because JB says he and Benny just ran and ran and played and played until they dropped exhausted into the tent for bed. Max always is amazed when he stays up late because "It's dark outside!" He goes to bed at 7:30, which is usually still light.


Benny took this bat and the three balls from another family and held them all afternoon, evening, night, etc. JB had to take them home in our car then sneak them back over to our friends because Benny was so attached. I think he's going to play for the St. Louis Cardinals some day!

Here are the boys getting into the tent around 9:45 PM.
Look how darling they are asleep; Benny clutching night-night, Max with those lips.




These are my favorite pictures of the whole trip. JB says Benny was so confused when he woke up in a sleeping bag that be became quite grumpy as he tried to stretch, open his eyes and wiggle out.

JB was the dad with the youngest child there (the next youngest is 1 1/2 months older). This meant I was able to clean the house, go to dinner and go to a movie with the ladies. But I was very glad to see my boys again the next day.

4 comments:

Suz said...

I have to agree. The pictures of Benny waking up are my favorite too. I bet he was confused. It looks like they had a great time. Oh Benny our little ball-er.

The Joe said...

I miss those boys. I think my fav have to be max with stick and benny with bat/balls. Awesome

Sarah said...

What an awesome husband to take his two boys to the outing. I loved the picture of Benny waking up. Too cute!! I wonder how my two girls would do sleeping in a tent?? Prob not as good as yours!

Rachel Dear said...

Oh my goodness!
Benny is so big now!
He's going to be a baseball player, for sure.

I love the pictures of him waking up.
Poor little guy.