"quiet" time

benny hasn't napped regularly for most of his life. he's always slept great at night, so i really can't complain. i insist on quiet time every day, though. we all need that time alone. benny doesn't usually like having quiet time, but he usually finds some way to entertain himself while in his room.
a favorite past time of benny's is dressing himself. he often wears three or four different "outfits" in a day. sometimes it's all pajamas; sometimes it's a conglomoration. you can imagine what it's like when benny's left in his room alone with the dresser full of his and andy's clothes. he hasn't quite mastered which drawers are his and which are andy's (this is often a problem when it comes to asking him to get socks). every so often benny will emerge from quiet time wearing some of andy's clothes.
about a week ago i opened benny's door after quiet time to have him come out wearing a pair of andy's jeans. he wasn't able to button them by himself, but he quickly had daddy remedy that situation. this was a pair of 12 month jeans. a pair that andy has just about grown out of himself (in the waist). i couldn't believe it. i knew benny was a skinny kid, but i didn't realize he was that skinny. if he didn't eat so much i'd think there was some kind of problem!

he wore these the rest of the day.