Henry's creative juices were flowing this afternoon when he experienced his first finger painting session. He had no idea what was coming when I put his fingers in the paint. Not sure what to do, he let me move his fingers to the paper. It took him awhile to try it on his own, but he started to warm up to the idea of getting a little messy to make a pretty picture (of course it was a masterpiece in my eyes).
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Ice Show
During our visit to Northern Virginia over the holidays, Todd's parents treated us to a wonderful family outing to the Ice Show at the Gaylord Hotel. Henry went through the extremes during this visit. He was not a big fan of the big coat and the coldness of the ice show, but he was a little boy in heaven running around the hotel and checking out the fountains, toy train, and all the people!
Total strangers were taking pictures and video of this cute little penguin waddling around.
BRRRRRR!
Total strangers were taking pictures and video of this cute little penguin waddling around.
BRRRRRR!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Christmas Day
I'm trying to keep up with my New Years Resolution to update the blog more often so here is a long over due post about Christmas day...
The tent Santa brought is Henry's new favorite place to read books and play hide and seek. I'll say "Where is Henry" and he immediately jumps into the tent and sits patiently as the search begins. Henry has the biggest smile on his face while he sits and waits for me to find him in his secret hiding place.
Henry's first look at the tree Christmas morning
We didn't plan the morning out that well. Of all days, Henry decided to sleep in. I had to wake him up so he had time to open his presents. He didn't really understand he had more than one present to open. Once one was open, he was happy to just play with that one. We had to keep moving him along in order to get to mass on time. We were worried about finding a seat at church, but we quickly realized 9:30 mass is not very popular. I guess most parents were smart and went to the later mass so their children had time open and play with all the fun things Santa brought. At least next year we will be ready!
We didn't plan the morning out that well. Of all days, Henry decided to sleep in. I had to wake him up so he had time to open his presents. He didn't really understand he had more than one present to open. Once one was open, he was happy to just play with that one. We had to keep moving him along in order to get to mass on time. We were worried about finding a seat at church, but we quickly realized 9:30 mass is not very popular. I guess most parents were smart and went to the later mass so their children had time open and play with all the fun things Santa brought. At least next year we will be ready!Here are some pix of Henry with his new fun toys!
The tent Santa brought is Henry's new favorite place to read books and play hide and seek. I'll say "Where is Henry" and he immediately jumps into the tent and sits patiently as the search begins. Henry has the biggest smile on his face while he sits and waits for me to find him in his secret hiding place.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Christmas Eve
We had another wonderful Lemker Christmas Eve where we continue our tradition of eating as many different types of fish as possible. Once upon a time Christmas Eve use to be my holiday for fasting since I wouldn't even think about tasting anything that came from the water, but I'm happy to say I'm growing up and I enjoyed the feast!
Henry enjoyed a ride around the yard with Uncle Mike and the dogs.
Christmas Eve wouldn't be complete without a ride around the neighborhood looking for Santa.
Let the fun begin!
Henry needed some helping opening his presents, but he had no problems figuring out how to play with them!
Henry enjoyed a ride around the yard with Uncle Mike and the dogs.
Christmas Eve wouldn't be complete without a ride around the neighborhood looking for Santa.
Let the fun begin!
Henry needed some helping opening his presents, but he had no problems figuring out how to play with them!Friday, January 8, 2010
First Haircut
It took me awhile to finally admit Henry needed his haircut. The final straw was when his once cute baby curls started to resemble a not so cute mullet. I had such a great idea to spend a little extra money and take Henry to a hair salon for children. I imagined him walking in and looking around this very kid friendly establishment with amazement and excitement for his first haircut. While we were waiting for our turn, Henry happily walked around looking at toys, other children, and anything he could get his hands on. My plan was working perfectly. Well, up until the moment he sat in the chair. In that instant, the tears and screaming began. It was incredibly sad for us to see him sitting there so uncomfortable while a stranger cut his hair. Todd and I were doing everything from reading books, blowing bubbles, and singing to make him happy again. But the only thing that worked was finishing the haircut and getting him out of the chair. The prize helped, too. Looking back, I see my idea of letting a total stranger come at my son's head with a sharp object to do something Henry has never seen in his life, was actually my worst idea, yet. Live and learn!
Monkey Joes
A new year, a new start to try to keep up with the blog a little better in 2010....so here we go...
We took a family trip down to the local Monkey Joes a few days before Christmas. We always knew Henry loved to climb, but after experiencing this fabulous moon bounce facility, we realized just how deep his is love for climbing, sliding, and bouncing. We will most definitely come back for another fun family visit. And to all of our friends with kids, we would like to bribe you to come visit us with this great place that is very close to our house!
We took a family trip down to the local Monkey Joes a few days before Christmas. We always knew Henry loved to climb, but after experiencing this fabulous moon bounce facility, we realized just how deep his is love for climbing, sliding, and bouncing. We will most definitely come back for another fun family visit. And to all of our friends with kids, we would like to bribe you to come visit us with this great place that is very close to our house!
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