Weekly Update

I can't believe it's already August! Of course part of the reason I can't believe it is because the weather hasn't been very summer-like. But thankfully the last few weeks have been nice and warm which means we've been able to spend a lot of time outside playing in the water, which Henry absolutely loves!

This first picture (the black and white) was taken last Thursday at a park in Wilsonville (I think it's called Memorial Park). We met Henry's friend Inari for a petting zoo and show by "The Reptile Man." It was so much fun. After the animals we enjoyed the water fountains they have there - totally awesome. They have the fountain Henry's playing in as seen, and then a super long, river-type water feature that the kids can play in too. The second picture Henry is getting his courage together to pet the lizard. He was hesitant at first, but later when Inari petted it, he jumped right in. He also got to pet a ferret, rat, bunny, and looked at a snake, but wouldn't touch it.

The last picture is of Henry at Grant Park by the Ramona Quimby statue. Another fun day playing in the water! Gigi was with us then - Henry was able to spend a lot of time with her in the last couple weeks which is great since now she and Geoff are off on their great South American adventure in Peru (and Costa Rica for Geoff).

Last Friday Henry and I went to the Washington County Fair which was so much fun...animals and rides - he loved it! I'm going to do a separate post about that because I have a lot of cute pictures and a little video too.

Henry is still making a lot of progress on the potty. I think he's at about a 90% success rate as far as trying to go on the potty before his nightly shower. We're not pushing him to go unless he asks, which is almost exclusively only before bathtime.
So, the other day I was trying to get Henry to role play being the daddy and mommy and I said "you be daddy and I'll be Henry...what does daddy say to Henry?" He thought for a minute and then said "No, no, no, no, no!" I asked him the same question for mommy and he gave me the same answer - "No, no, no, no, no!" Yikes! Brett and I are now trying to phrase things more positively! :)