More Christmas thoughts from Henry

                    Henry's Nativity.  Something's not quite right....

Henry is really attracted to music and he takes after me being able to hear a song once and never forgetting it and just about memorizing the music and all the words.  I've been listening to Handel's Messiah in the car and I caught him singing along to many of the songs.  One night he asked me, "Mommy, what does 'unto us a son is given mean'".  I told him what it meant and now he sings that part even louder.  He also sings, "Every kiss begins with Kay" about 5 times per day.  I don't even think he knows he's singing that one.

In Pittsburgh we see a lot of trains and the other night we saw a train pulling giant cars full of coal.  Henry remembered that it was what bad kids got in their stockings.  He thought for a minute and said, "Mom, is Santa going to put coal in Satan's stocking?" Haha! That one caused Justin and I to burst out laughing.

Henry is still in the Christmas spirit and he's milking me for all the candy he can get.  Enjoy it while it lasts son because on January 1st it's all going in the trash!  Muah ha ha!

Henry's Christmas Contribution

Today has been one of the happiest days on record for, say, the past year and a half.  I didn't hear crying or complaining all day from Henry.  We did some shopping this morning and since we had to buy ice cream, candy and honey crisp apples he was in a great mood.  We went to Enrico's on the Strip where he always gets a free chocolate covered people cookie and that made his day.  When he got home he spent about 4 hours putting presents together for his cousins and his dad.  He looked around the house and found Justin's favorite foods and spent a lot of time wrapping each item in construction paper with a LOT of tape and bows.  He wrapped a honey crisp apple, a clementine, a can of root beer, a bag of popcorn and a bag of oatmeal cookies.  He spent a long time making a card with stamps and even wrote his name on it by himself.  Then he found a box in the basement and put it all in and used up even more tape closing the box.  Then he went upstairs and found wrapping paper and wrapped it all up.  I was so amazed at his ability to focus for all that time and for being so excited about giving Justin such a thoughtful gift.  Henry wanted Justin to open it right away and I agreed since there were perishables inside, so he opened it and was so amazed at what was inside.  Henry packed all the treats up in a couple of small backpacks and we went to a giant Christmas light drive-through display.  We ate our treats and enjoyed the lights together.  Thanks for your sweetness Henry.  We love you.

Henry's Thoughts

The purpose of this blog is to ultimately get Henry to take it over and continue detailing his life.  It seems to me that he may be ready to add more to this blog because he's been pondering things a lot more lately.  These are some of the things that have been on his mind...

"Mom, do people usually have the same head and body when they grow up?"

I love his use of "usually" in this sentence.  He may be wondering how a head his size could grow to the ginormic proportions of his father.

"Mom, is there moisture in water?"

First of all, how do you know about the word moisture let alone be asking me about the concept of moisture?

And this is what escapes Henry's lips most often...

"Mommy, Bea is the cutest baby ever and she thinks I'm so cool"

Yes she does, Henry.  This opinion has averted many potential fights because of Bea's obsession to play with everything Henry plays with and eventually ruin everything he creates.  He also likes hearing his friends who don't have younger siblings say that they want Bea as their little sister.  She is really tolerant and really fun to play with.  I'm so glad they get along so well.