Weekly Update

Oh, I am so bad! No pictures again...after we got home from Thanksgiving dinner I realized I hadn't taken a single picture. I've been so bad lately! I will step it up this week - especially since my new computer arrived! Woo-hoo.
So, this week for Henry included Gymboree (a special make-up session with Daddy since it was closed on our regular day), a Winterhawks game, and, of course, Thanksgiving! All of which were fun, fun, fun. Not so fun was how the week began - all of us feeling a bit under the weather. That, coupled with the bit of ice and sprinkling of snow we got, kept me and Henry homebound on Monday and Tuesday. What long, frustrating days! Despite lots of arts and crafts projects and a couple bundled up walks, both Henry and I were ready to get out of the house and do something by the time Wednesday rolled around. So, we went and got our hair done! :) A visit with the gawdfather himself, Cary, is always a welcome respite, no matter what the situation. Henry held so still while Cary cut his hair that Cary joked I must have given him Benedryl before we came in. Hee hee hee.
Thanksgiving dinner was awesome - spent with the Winder/Baker crew at Gigi's house. Henry, of course, was the center of attention and everyone had lots of fun playing with him. He loves Auntie Joan (who has been so kind in coming over and babysitting him sometimes during the day). Her nickname for him is Boo Boo Bear and he now calls himself that all the time. It is hilarious.
Brett took him to Gymboree this weekend and was proud to report that of all the children there, Henry did the best job of paying attention to the teacher and doing the tasks she gave them to do. It was a much bigger class than our usual one (Brett estimated 20 kids to our normal 5), so I was happy to hear he behaved the same as he does when I take him. He loves that place and drags a blanket, sheet or duvet (whatever's handy) out into the living room all the time yelling "parachute time!!"
I will definitely have pictures to share soon!

Training Wilbur

Here's a little video of Henry showing off his (perceived) dominance over Wilbur. Poor Wilbur. :)

Still enjoying lots of new and surprising sentences coming from Henry. Today what sticks out in my mind as funny is when he woke up from his nap I asked him "do you think Daddy is home?" He replied, "I'll bet he is!" I didn't know he knew that phrase "I'll bet..." So funny. He also absolutely cracked up while we were watching the news today (just for the weather forecast) and the newscaster stumbled over the words "stay safe" - he said "stay sTafe" twice before finally getting it out correctly. Henry thought that was HILARIOUS and we had to rewind it and watch that clip about a dozen times. I was like "why is that even funny to you? How do you know that stafe isn't an actual word?" But he was dying, cracking up hysterically. Oh, and the camera wasn't even on the newscaster, the shot was of a graphic they had made, so it wasn't as though he was reacting to a facial expression or something.

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Dancing in the aisle...

Up front waving his Plex doll to the big Plex...

Brett got us tickets to see Yo Gabba Gabba (a Nickelodeon kids' show) on Sunday. Wow...Henry was so super excited. He knew we were going for the few days prior and kept asking me if it was time to go "right now!" He alternated between stunned fascination and happy participation throughout the whole show. It was so so so cute to see him stand up and dance and wave hello to all the characters. Gigi rushed the stage with him at one point (hee hee hee) so he got to be right up front and he took his "Plex" doll (the yellow robot) and waved to the big Plex. He had a fantastic time.

Weekly Update

Another week with no pictures...hopefully I will remedy that situation soon.

Lots of talking this week - new phrases abound. It is absolutely hilarious to hear Henry use some phrases I must use frequently but never really paid attention to. He's big into saying "My have an idea!" (he uses 'my' in place of 'I' a lot.) Another one I hear a lot is "maybe so," which cracks me up. I didn't realize how often I say that but apparently I do. The one that got me tonight was "That's fine." Not particulaly amusing under normal circumstances but that's what I say to him when he is doing something he thinks will annoy me or he's not allowed to do. For example, if he's banging something on the floor and making a lot of noise he'll look at me and say "My doing this..." and then do it again with a look that says, "go ahead, tell me to stop." Then I'll say "that's fine" and ignore him which makes him stop much faster than if I get upset about it. Well, tonight we were having a battle about bed. He was standing up by his bed and I told him to either get into bed or he could sit on my lap in the rocking chair. He looked at me, said "that's fine" and stayed right where he was. I'm not sure I have ever felt the urge to laugh while being so frustrated before.

We went to Benihana last night for dinner - Henry loved it. Had an absolute blast...great place to take kids...too bad it's so expensive!
Tomorrow is Yo Gabba Gabba. Henry is SO excited. The very first thing he said to be this morning, all groggy and still half asleep was "Go to Yo Gabba Gabba right now!" When I told him the show wasn't until tomorrow and they wouldn't be open now, he said "maybe so." :) Can't wait to see what he thinks of the show tomorrow!

The Robot

Here is a video of Henry dressed up in the robot costume (missing his legs though - so the effect isn't 100%). It was taken a couple days after Halloween and he's playing Trick or Treat...I get him to do a quick robot dance at the end. :)

Halloween

We had a great Halloween! Henry had two costumes (what a divo!)...first he had his dinosaur costume that he wore during the day. We went to the Multnomah Village Trick or Treating party, which was a much bigger affair that we thought it would be. It was packed - a slowly moving line around the village. But Henry had a blast and got to see lots of costumes which he enjoyed. Then after a dinner of pumpkin shaped pizza, he changed into his robot costume and we headed out in Gigi's neighborhood. He loved his robot costume and would happily perform a little robot dance whenever anyone asked. It was absolutely hysterical to watch him walk around in that thing - I hope I got a good video of it, I haven't checked yet...if I did I will post it. He took in quite a nice haul of candy, but I got a great idea from a friend of his and we "fed" his pumpkin the majority of his candy last night before bed. When he got up the pumpkin had magically transformed the candy into a (non-candy) present for him. What a great idea!