Brotherly love and Mr. Imagination

Tanner is such a good brother and friend to Trevor. I just ran across this photo of them getting off the bus on the first day of school and had to share it. Trevor just loves his older brother, Tanner, and wants to do whatever he is doing.

I also had to share Tanner's latest invention. He truly has an imagination that could rival anyone. He has been like this since he was tiny and dressing up in different characters. When he was about 18 months old he wanted to wear goggles 24/7, and it was so funny when they would get all fogged up, but he would never take them off. We would often see him sporting a cape, wearing a handmade mustache, or carrying a sword around--sometimes all three. Usually his costumes would revolve around whatever movie he was watching. One time he was watching "The Robe" with Grandpa Doug. Next thing you know, he is wearing a gladiator helmet, carrying a sword and wearing his red Superman cape. (Apparently he needed to be a Roman soldier in order to watch the movie.) One time he actually made a lizard's tale for himself out of newspaper and masking tape, and he wore it all day. Trevor has now carried on the tradition of that a little bit and often is seen carrying a sword, etc.

Well, Tanner's latest invention was a strobe light/reading light for his fort that he made with Trevor on the bottom bunk. Notice how he attached the flashlight with rubber bands that can also cause the light to twist--hence the strobe effect. Also, take note of where he put his pencil. Trevor also took part in all this planning and building as he--wants to be just like Tanner.