Trick or treat!

I think we may be setting a record for turn around time - here are some pictures from Halloween - we went around the neighborhood with our friends from PMO: Julian, Otis, and their parents Bryce and Shannon. Henry made a valiant effort to continually deplete his candy as he went along, but we did manage a small surplus at the end. Very fun...

And one of Alex for old times' sake

life, science and a birthday

We went to the Museum of Life and Science today for a party for Sadie's second birthday. We went a little early and enjoyed the museum beforehand. Fun was had by all - and it isn't really a party 'til somebody (Henry) gets drenched and takes his shirt off! Yee-haw!

State Fair

Here are a few pictures from our visit to the fair. We had a good time, but it was a little taxing to make sure our wildman didn't get lost in a sea of 100,000 people. Also, I got a 36 oz. sweet tea dumped on my lap - whee!

At the bottom is a video of the ride that might have been too fast for Henry - but he really liked it.

Do you want to be in pain? or no?

We, as parents, try to reason with Henry and try to point out consequences to an action. For instance - yesterday he was standing in the road on the dead end street beside our house. I asked him several times to get out of the road. Then I asked him if he would like to be hit by a car because that's what can happen when you stand in the road. He said he would and then I explained that he did not really want to because it would really hurt and Mommy and Jeff (a witness) would be sad if that happened. I occasionally use this technique when he is rough with Claudia - do you want to be pinched? do you want to be hit? etc. Later in the evening Henry used his own powers of reasoning with me - I had scolded him and feeling the dread of being scolded he changed the subject to asking me about my interest in being in pain.
Conversation as follows:
H: Do you want to be hit by a car?
Me: No - I do not.
H: Do you want to get hit by a wall?
Me: No - I do not.
H: Do you want to get hit by a house?
Me: No - I do not.
H: Do you want to be hit by a couch?
Me: No - I do not want to be hit by anything.
H: How bout this pillow? This pillow will make you better.

Dino-myte!

Judith, Bob, Rachel, Henry and I attended "Walking with Dinosaurs" last weekend in Winston-Salem, a pretty impressive show even though it should have more appropriately titled "Sitting in a coliseum with dinosaurs". Henry really enjoyed it and wasn't scared - the roaring was "just a little bit loud" - said Henry.

Blurry pictures (and videos if I can work it) below...





Enter Mama T Rex!



Let the simulated battle begin!

Pictures

Well, our little girl is a champ at sitting up by herself and is even starting to crawl a little...