Monkey See....Monkey Do

Or in this case Gremlin see...Gremlin Do, since Ben is our Gremlin! My little guy spent the weekend closely watching, following and imitating his beloved older brother Malcolm. Where Malcolm went, Ben had to go too; what Malcolm did, Ben tried it out too; what Malcolm had....yep, Ben wanted. Fortunately, Malcolm is pretty tolerant of Ben (or oblivious, being a typically self centered five year old!), but there were a few tears from both over the course of the weekend. Here they are though, contentedly playing side by side in our sand box:

I'll scrap this picture some day!!