On our bike ride to campus, Henry stopped off to hang out at The Numbers, which is a series of number sculptures on the outskirts of the Engineering buildings. Most of them are upright and huge.
Henry, however, wanted to find the "4" (for obvious reasons) which was off in the corner, and sat flush with the ground. After a bit of searching, we found it. Here's Henry sitting with his quarry.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Birthday's! - Henry's and America's
Henry turned 4! Henry turned 4! As usual, the small family birthday that we had in mind ballooned up to 20 people (we just don't have a small family, and really need to come to grips with it!). Gramma Schmidt made an appearance. Auntie Pammie called him during the festivities. And all of the usual suspects were there: Grammy and Grandpa Rayo, Gaga and Papa, Jimmy, Erin, and Asia, and James, Rachel, and Tenzin. Uncle Jonna was noticeably absent ... we hope to see him soon!
Henry's big present this year was a big-boy bike, replete with training wheels. Have no fear, the frown that you see on his face has nothing to do with the bike. He has inherited his mother's absolute and complete loathing of cameras, and slapped that face on just before all the flashes went off.
Along with Henry, the country had it's birthday, and it was the first time that Emerson witnessed it! He wasn't all that impressed, sleeping through both the parade and the fireworks. Henry, however, was quite engaged and excited, and saluted the servicemen.
Henry also had his first "friend" birthday this year along with his family birthday. We did pretty well for having 10 4 yr. olds (all boys except one) caged inside a Graeter's, plied with ice cream and cake, and set loose. Everyone lived, and much revelry was had.
Henry's big present this year was a big-boy bike, replete with training wheels. Have no fear, the frown that you see on his face has nothing to do with the bike. He has inherited his mother's absolute and complete loathing of cameras, and slapped that face on just before all the flashes went off.
Along with Henry, the country had it's birthday, and it was the first time that Emerson witnessed it! He wasn't all that impressed, sleeping through both the parade and the fireworks. Henry, however, was quite engaged and excited, and saluted the servicemen.
Henry also had his first "friend" birthday this year along with his family birthday. We did pretty well for having 10 4 yr. olds (all boys except one) caged inside a Graeter's, plied with ice cream and cake, and set loose. Everyone lived, and much revelry was had.
Catching up - Emerson's first DriveIn!
Whoa ... it has been a long time since I've written. Here's a quick update. After 6 weeks, my paternity leave ended (right about the time where I expected to start that "mommy" blog!). Within two days, I transformed from being blissfully unemployed to full-on, 50-60 hours a week. Amazingly enough, I remember how to work like that!
In the meantime, life didn't slow down at home in the last . Emerson went to his first drive-in movie (and Henry's second). This is us in the back of the Murano, just before the movie. Henry actually fell asleep in the middle of the SECOND movie, which started at 10:30 (Henry fell asleep at 11).
Henry went to his first baseball game!
(Click to make this one bigger ... it's a pretty sweet picture of our seats!)
Henry's first time sleeping in a tent outside (which was really a trip, because he really likes jumping on air mattresses).
... and there were tons of other Emerson firsts through June that I frankly can't remember anymore!
In the meantime, life didn't slow down at home in the last . Emerson went to his first drive-in movie (and Henry's second). This is us in the back of the Murano, just before the movie. Henry actually fell asleep in the middle of the SECOND movie, which started at 10:30 (Henry fell asleep at 11).
Henry went to his first baseball game!
(Click to make this one bigger ... it's a pretty sweet picture of our seats!)
Henry's first time sleeping in a tent outside (which was really a trip, because he really likes jumping on air mattresses).
... and there were tons of other Emerson firsts through June that I frankly can't remember anymore!
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