Weekly Update

Celebrating a goal at the hockey game!
Trying to do a rail slide.
"Seriously, mom, quit trying to take pictures, I'm getting ready to drop in!"

Subtitle: Cool Tricks

Another week has flown by. We've been taking advantage of the continued beautiful weather by spending lots of time outdoors, especially since the forecast is for rain in the coming days. We also went to a hockey game which Henry loved. He remembers every detail of it and when I tell him the story about going to the game he prompts me for anything I might have forgotten. It's funny that he seems to consider the dancers that came out between periods to be an integral part of the game but apparently he does because he always reminds me to tell about them. Ditto for another "performance" we saw: an exhibition of disabled hockey players who used modified sled type skates to play hockey from a seated position. When he first tried to remind me to tell him about this aspect of the game I could not understand what he was talking about and I asked him if he could show me. He sat down on the floor with his legs straight in front of him and pushed himself around with his hands and pretended to use a hockey stick. I understood. :)

We took his bike to the park after library storytime this week and he had a chance to use it on the skatepark since no one was there. Oh boy...how he wanted to be able to do some cool tricks. And in his mind, he probably was doing them. I got a flash-forward view of what my future has in store...

Lots of sleeping troubles this week. I think it could be related to this whole independence streak he's got going now. He does not want to be rocked. Does not want to nurse. Does not want me to sing songs to him. He does want to play in his bed. He does want to hear sports stories. He does want to go potty on his potty chair (when he's supposed to be sleeping). He does want to sleep in our bed or on the couch. It ends up being a power struggle every night - here's hoping for a detente rather than mutually assured destruction. Hmm...does that sound pessimistic? Must be the lack of sleep. :)