Roar!!

We have our own little Tiger Scout roaring around the house these days. And I mean that literally. He is walking around the house, roaring on a regular basis. He is doubly excited because orange is his favorite color. And a brother that wanted in on the picture action. Now a few notes about Ben's wardrobe. He loves clothes that his brother passes over to him. So much so that he packed every single shirt Max recently passed over to him (about 6 shirts total) for a one-night stay at his grandparents' house last weekend. There's still (thankfully) a certain mystique to clothes Max passes over to him. This firetruck shirt is one such shirt.

You can also see his turquoise shorts in the top picture. You will be seeing a lot of these shorts this summer because if they're clean, he's wearing them. Here's the back-story to those. His very favorite shorts were three brightly colored tropical print pairs - size 24 months.

He is now 4.

You can see the problem.

He insisted that because he could still get the shorts on they still fit, never mind how short they were. He also has a gift for conjuring up big fat tears and whenever I'd bring up how small these favorite shorts were, the big fat tears would start rolling down his cheeks. We finally agreed to buy some replacement shorts in equally bright colors and rotate the itty-bitty shorts out of the wardrobe. So the turquoise shorts are the shorts he picked out. It's funny because while he certainly loves hand-me-downs, he, being the second child, still lights up big time when he gets to pick out new clothes for himself at the store.

So the outfit is pretty much perfection for Ben: hand-me-down shirt with favorite shorts. Sweet boy!