daddeegobyebye

Thought I would post some photos of Ben and Laila’s last full day at the hotel with Joel.  They had so much fun.  Ben is really tackeling his “man of the house” role…He told me this morning that he was going to be SUCH a good helper that I wouldn’t even need Daddy’s help anymore!  This morning after the heart-wrenching drop off at the airport Ben was sitting quietly in his carseat while I drove trying to keep my tears to myself.  Finally he quietly asked me if I was okay.  I said “No.”  Ben replied as any three year old in all their wisdom should…”Okay, lets just take some deep breaths….breathe in (sound of breathing in) and breathe out (exaggerated exhale)…are you better mama?”  I tried not to laugh…”No” I replied again.  Ben thought for another minute and then said “Well if you need to cry maybe we should have some chocolate milk.  That makes me feel better.”  I couldn’t help myself at that point and was laughing through my tears.  So we went and did what any smart mama would.  We found a restaurant and had chocolate milk.

Hope you enjoy these photos.

Christine

PS…to watch the adventures of Ben’s “Monkey” and Laila’s “Giraffe” make sure to keep up with Joel’s deployment blog!

sand

Lots of it…Joel is about to head to the Middle East for the next year…and has decided to blog his way through that time.  You can keep up with him here.

carnival

We went to the southwest festival here in SV last weekend and the kids had a ball…Benjamin drove a motorcycle (“I am SOOO fast like Daddy!”), they drove turtles, cars, and even rode horses (“Haw-sees!”~Laila)  So of course I had to post some pictures…I hope these brighten your day Mom