Farm Visit

Last Friday, we visited our friends' farm. Mama A. had tried to take Henry and his cousins to the farm a few weeks earlier but it didn't work out. Cousin Megan (Mimi) was sick but cousin Lauren (also Mimi) came, too. From the moment we arrived, all Henry wanted to see was the chickens! Our friends have a St. Bernard named Puddles, who greeted us right away. I am not kidding - Puddles' head was the size of Henry's upper body and was definitely taller than Henry! It was a pretty windy day, but the kids had a great time.


It rained about an hour before we left for the farm so we got out the umbrella...thankfully, it stopped raining.


We started with visiting the newborn lambs. This one was born during the night.


After the lambs, we headed to visit the goats and kids, calves, sheep and llamas. We tried to get a picture of Henry with a llama who has a crazy under bite...but Henry was a little wary of them.


Finally, on to the chicken coop. Boy, was he happy to go in the chicken coop. He also liked the peacock. Mama, Lauren and Henry even collected some fresh eggs for us take home.

A few pictures...

Showing off his hat creation.


Making brownies...licking the spatula (surprise, surprise!)

A Week in Review

During the long winter months, Henry and I occasionally drive to Willmar and visit the pet shop. He loves watching the fish, and seeing all the birds, cats, hamsters, snakes, guinea pigs etc. It gets us out of the house for a little while and I enjoy seeing him run from one thing to the next. Last week while we were hanging out in the fish section, Henry said to me, "Mommy, buy fish. Buy fish." So this weekend we brought home a small fish tank and 4 fish.


Our little tank. Henry really wanted a "fishy house" and was excited to find a SpongeBob house. We had to laugh because the filter takes up about a quarter of the tank! That poor goldfish is almost too big for his new home.


This is right after we set everything up. He can't wait for "suppey time" when he gets to feed the fish (who were named Shimmer, Pebbles, Freckles, and Goldie by his cousins). The last few mornings he wanted to eat his breakfast while sitting in front of the fish. We've already lost our first fish - little Goldie lasted just 48 hours...


A few weeks ago, we thought we heard Henry get up from his nap but he never said anything or came downstairs so we thought he decided to get back into bed. A little while later I heard some noises and went upstairs. I found Henry covered in makeup. He pushed his step stool up to the cabinet, crawled up, stood on the counter and opened the mirror and the proceeded to cover himself with makeup.

Last week I heard his little footsteps getting out of bed and then running back to his bed...but I remembered the incident from a few weeks earlier so I headed upstairs. I had been packing before his nap. Henry opened the suitcase and found my makeup bag. I found him sitting on the landing with makeup brushes and makeup all over the floor.

He wanted whiskers on his face.

The phone rang and he disappeared. I discovered him in the guest bed, under the covers, sucking his thumb.




He is having fun playing with the Rescue Heroes (???) that our friend, Lucas, is lending him.


Henry loves fresh bread. I made a loaf last week and all he wanted to eat was bread. I came down from getting ready that morning and he was sitting on the ottoman eating the loaf...not just part of it, the whole thing! He used a chair to get up on the kitchen island and carried the loot off, leaving the tin foil behind.

Cupcake

I know - How many pictures can you take of your little boy eating a cupcake? 21...thankfully, I only picked 4 to show you!

Working Out & Officer Henry

Nate and I have been trying to work out each day. Henry really likes our new schedule because he gets to watch a DVD of his choice while we exercise. It's pretty crazy to watch him set up a place for the portable DVD player, plug it in, turn it on, put the disc in and press play. How old is he again? Here he is waiting for his movie to start: He's sitting in his comfy chair with his "bankey" and bear. I'll spare you the horror of seeing any pictures of us trying to do yoga!




Henry and Mama A. playing ball.


Henry in his days as a CHiPs officer with Ponch and Baker.
A few days ago Henry found a little plastic business card holder in the house. He would walk around and then hand it to us and then take it back. This morning he pulled up on his trike, handed me his card holder and told me he was a policeman! Then he proceeded to take his "badge" back and put it in the waistband of his pants! I have no idea where he learned this - I have never been pulled over so it wasn't from any firsthand experience!

New Pictures of Walter

We received a wonderful surprise this afternoon. Our country specialist sent us 2 updated pictures of Walter. We can't believe how much hair he has now! It looks like our care package for Walter arrived because he is holding the photo album and wearing the outfit we sent in it. His foster mom is a thoughtful woman!

Smoothies

After buying an enormous bag of strawberries at Costco last week, I suddenly realized I needed to start getting creative! So, Henry and I had fun making smoothies last week for an afternoon snack. He likes adding the ingredients, but can hardly wait to push the blender buttons. Unbelievably, Henry turned down a chocolate chip cookie in favor of a smoothie - Nate and I were both shocked!


Taking a sip..


Henry doing his signature, "Mmm-mmm good."