Little Bits about Henry

Some things I want to remember about Henry. He is now officially 2.5 years old!

*Whenever we go to Costco, Henry always wants to go "where the wind blows." He is talking about the big open cooler where they keep the fruit. When you walk through the entry, you get hit with a big blast of cold air. He loves to walk back and forth through that and go "brrrrrrrr!" He is a berry hound - any kind of berries - and I really could go broke trying to keep him in berries. He also loves to get all the samples at Costco.

*I love to watch the Golden Girls, and sometimes he'll say..."I want to watch the old ladies."

*He calls Gatoraide...."alligator."

*When he wants to eat, he says..."I want something else." Even if he hasn't had anything yet. And then it's my job to suggest things and show him things until I hit on something that suits his fancy.

*Yesterday morning when I got home from my run, he said..."I go for a little walk." He shuffled all the way around the block and in front of the school in his too big crocs, checking out all the little mundane things that are so fascinating to him. Bird poop splatters, flower bed statuary, trails of ants, bugs, squirrels, and the best...dogs that bark at him from their little wire-covered fence windows. Then we came home and had OJ.

*One of his favorite things right now is "Hot Buttered Toast," b/c that is what Mercy Watson eats.

*He is very, very persistent. When he wants something, there is no dissuading him. Often even after I have agree, he continues to say.it.non.stop until it happens.

*Henry can swing in a regular kid swing - no seatbelt. I can't believe it.

*He still loves shoes - particularly plastic shoes. Crocs, etc. And most of them are too big b/c he commandeers them from Leo's closet.

*Henry still sleeps with a paci and the crocheted blanket that GG made for Leo. And the paci had BETTER be orange. No other color will do.

*Henry loves to go up to Leo's school, and they always have some sort of yard blow up decoration right outside the office. For St. Patrick's day, there was a leprechaun...Henry was FASCINATED with this. After St. Patrick's Day, I had to tell him the Leprechaun had gone back to Ireland when Henry demanded to see him...so now Henry wants to go to Ireland. He tells me that all the time. Yeah, you and me both, kid. Right now they have several flamingos and palm trees. One of the flamingos is in a blow-up baby pool, so I told him the flamingos were "at the beach." So...you guessed it...Henry demands to go to the beach now. Maybe next summer.

*Henry has been obsessed with "pausing" for some time now. I paused "barney" once so I could change his diaper, and he latched on to this. He wants to control the remote and "pause" everything...but he really can't control it very well, so it turns into a big meltdown b/c he's not patient enough to wait for it to unpause...so he hits it again and it pauses again, etc. I never thought I would say..."No, we're not pausing. We're just not going down that road today."