Happy Halloween!!

He's going to be Nemo tonight so I'll be back with pics of that later.

ETA here is the family shot from tonight:

A bike ride to the park

Two weekends ago we went on a long bike ride and attempted to get as much fall air in our lungs as we could because we knew the frosty mornings and eventually snowy days were on their way.
First we biked along Minnehaha parkway:

Henry's toy minivan must have told him along the way that it wished to spend the winter in the creek so he obliged and tossed it in:


Then we reached the park where Henry played in the sand:


He didn't want to leave but we were able to use our vast skills of buying him ice cream parental persuasion and reasoning to convince him.

Lucky

Lucky has definitely made herself at home.

Who are you not to shine?

Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Amy recently bought Henry Rock All Day, Rock All Night by The Nields. There are some good songs on there, I really like the lyrics to this one:

Who Are You Not To Shine

Sometimes you wish you were someone different
Sometimes you want to start all over again
Sometimes you want to go back to being a baby
Sometimes you want to jump ahead to the end

Maybe you could start to see it different
Maybe you could sit down here and rest
Maybe you could hear it once from my side
I think you are the best, the best, the best

Who are you not to shine?
Who are you not to glow?
Who are you not to be your own best self?
You can be who you are
You can change as you grow
But be you, don’t be anybody else

If you weren’t you then who would tell your stories
If you weren’t you then who would walk your miles?
If you weren’t you then who would help your sisters?
If you weren’t you then who would smile your smile?

Chorus


Nerissa Nields
©Peter Quince Publishing

Hot chockahwit

Bill thought it would be a good idea if we got Henry a special hot drink to have when we have coffee in the mornings so we got him some hot chocolate. Here are some pics of him enjoying his first cup on Saturday.
Blowing on it:

Chocolate mustache:

Drinking it up:

He knows what to wear

Henry picked out his own clothes last Thursday and we thought he did a pretty good job (he's also wearing his spiderman light up shoes and when he went outside he had on his "vest jacket" both of which were also selected by him)

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Leaves

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Riding a train!

On Friday we all went to meet Grandpa for lunch and Henry got to ride the train!



Having lunch:

Being silly eating grapes:

Climbing with grandma waiting for the train home:

Raaaawr!!

Henry got a wonderful surprise in the mail on Friday from Grandma Aka, a dinosaur costume!! Here he is modeling it:

After the fishie store...

...we went to the park and to dinner. Here are a few pics:
first he pulled grandpa in the wagon;

and then we arrived at the park:

he practiced climbing:


this was his inspiration:

then he stretched and climbed some more:


and then became totally uninterested when forced to sit through dinner:

Trip to the zoo with Dada & Grandma Deb

Henry, Dada and Grandma headed to the zoo on Tuesday. Here are some pics of their adventure!

"Go to the fishie store?"

There is a fish store one block from our house. We drive by it 2 times a day and for over a year Henry never really spoke of it (we went there once last winter to entertain him for free when it was cold out). Recently he has become obsessed with it and says "Hi fishie store" every time we drive by. He asks me in the mornings "go to fishie store tonight?" and I usually reply with something along the line of "maybe." He's persistent though and we have been there a few times in the past couple weeks. On Sunday grandma and grandpa came with us to the fishie store and grandpa snapped a few pics. If you ever have trouble getting a hold of us, try the fishie store.

Playing at g-ma and g-pas

Henry spent the night and grandma Deb and grandpa Jack's house last Thursday because it was our month to host wine club. Here are a few cute pics.
Playing cars:


Watching Madagascar (or as he calls it "adagadagascar")


Henry-style yoga pilates?