ARRRRG Matey!

Today Henry went to his first friend birthday party! Being so close to Halloween, they decided all the kids should come in costume which was great, because I hadn't seen Henry all put together yet!Henry and his treasure box

Practicing for the big night!

Taking a break after a long day of pillaging.

Finally going to the party!

Is it me, or is this the cutest pirate in the world?!

We had to coax him over the last few weeks with 'best cookies in the world' in order to get him to wear his hat! He kept saying "NO! I no like my silly hat!" but in the end, and after about 20 cookies, he's realized it's not so bad. We hope to get out to the pumpkin patch this week, but the weather has yet to cooperate with our schedule!

Silly!

Henry is such a character! This was him tonight after finishing off an Oreo. He loves to make us laugh, and is really good at doing it!

This is him running at a park we visited this evening.

And this was him yesterday. He's gotten into playing 'bocks' and is surprisingly good at it! He was building them over his head before they collapsed. When they did collapse he would laugh and knock the remaining ones down saying 'Henny smash!' and then start all over again! He's such a precious little guy!

He's jumping up and down saying 'I did it! I did it!'

Whiz Kid

Last night I went to the grocery store and bought a big bag of M&M's for Henry and told him "When you go teetee or poop on the potty, you get a chocolate!" So he talked about them until bed time. Well, it wasn't so much talking as it was screaming that he wanted one. When he woke up this morning he said "I wan chocit." and I said, "You have to go on the potty to get chocolate." and he said "Okay." and went into the bathroom downstairs. I followed him in there and took off his diaper and he sat down and after a second I saw his little tummy tighten and he said "Well look at that!" and stood up and had POOPED! It was awesome!! He was clapping for himself saying "Yea Henny! Get chocit!" So I gave him 4 :) Since then he has done two more little poops and a pee! Honestly, I think the kid will do anything for chocolate (he gets that from me!) so going to the potty is no big thing to him as long as it results in an M&M or 2. We are so proud of our big boy!

Star Gazing

Last night the news said it was going to be a cool clear night so we decided to do a little star watching. They were right on both parts, it was very clear and it was very cool!

The pink "pash" was Henry's favorite part. When he would need a star break he used it to shine on our house or the trees in the back yard.

A little Grammy cracker snack.

When we came back inside to put Henry to bed he was walking around saying 'I saw staaaars and moooooon and AIRPANE!!' He is so funny! When I got him out of bed this morning he asked if we were going downstairs to see the stars.

Riding the Ball

Yesterday we were all out in the back yard playing with this giant ball Grammy got Henry when she and Dane were here and he got the bright idea to "Ride it!" Then he proved he was all boy by climbing on it and falling off, usually on his face, over and over again! I would be concerned, but the grass is pretty soft and he thought it was hilarious!

After many failed attempts to ride the ball he gave up and started eating the grass. He's a super weirdo- just like Dad!