Happy Birthday, Henry!

 

When I got Henry yesterday morning from his room and asked him how old he is, he said, “Eight”. We had to fix that. Now he says three. He was so excited when he came downstairs and saw the presents and banner.

Claire was excited too. Henry said, “That for me? I open presents now?” It was pretty cute. He opened his presents:

     

When Claire was at school he did exciting things like get his haircut and go to the store with me. He was very proud to share with people that it was his birthday. Although majority of the time people could not understand as he said, “It I irthay”. I had to translate. For dinner he chose IHOP because he loves pancakes. It was pretty much a disaster. Both kids were exhausted and did not want to eat their food. We came back and had cake. I had attempted to make his cake and got a really neat tie-dye one. When I tried to frost it/put it together it just crumbled to pieces. So a nice Harris Teeter one worked well.

    

This is where Henry started singing “Happy Birthday” to himself:

      

Here is a few reminders for us of what he is up to at three:

• Still a cuddlier and a mommy’s boy. It’s sweet.
• Loves dressing up in princess attire. Anywhere we go if there is a dress-up box he says, “I want be a incess!”

• He is talking like crazy and conveying his thoughts wonderfully. It might not be completely audible, but he is talking.
• Mr. Independent. “No, I do it!”, “I turn”, “I wanna try”, are his most used phrases.
• He still asks who everyone’s name is. It creates some unintentional social situations.
• He loves reading books and he calls them, “reads”. 

In Claire related news: she had her five year old well-check this past week She is 43lbs (73rd percentile) and 45.5in tall (90th percentile). Both Paul and I were quite surprised at how much she weighs, she is such a string bean!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HENRY!

Snow, Snow, Snow

 

After snowing about five inches Wednesday, it was freezing rain all night and then decided to dump another five inches yesterday. As pretty as it was, I’m happy to see it melting today. The kids loved the snow. Poor Paul is driving home now from New York because of the snow up there and flights being canceled. Not quite the birthday he was planning. Good news is that it is supposed to be in the mid 70s next week. Crazy North Carolina weather.

       

Snow!

 

It’s snowing here, at least it was earlier. Now I just hear ice hitting the window. It started falling around noon and Claire was so excited. We went out just as Henry woke up. There is about 4-5 inches. Bummer is that Paul is stuck in NYC until probably Friday.

   

(I apologize, they are from my phone.)

Afterwards they picked a quiet activity to warm up. So cute. I love Henry’s outfit of choice. All the way to Claire’s ballet slippers.

“Where Dreams Come True”

 

This past week was spent in Florida visiting with Paul’s family. It was my first trip there as well as the kids. We decided to drive since we have done enough airplane travel with the kids. It was great driving. It was about a 10 hour trip with stops and the kids did great. On the way down we stopped at Paul’s aunt and uncle’s home in St. Augustine. It was a nice break from the drive. They live right on the beach so we took advantage of it. It was a beautiful coastline. The kids had a great time writing in the sand and enjoying the beach.

         

Up next was Orlando. Paul and I went to Epcot one day without kids (thanks, Meema and Boopa!). It was fun to have a day exploring the park.

 

The next day was the Magic Kingdom with the kids. Claire was very excited to go and we were unsure about how she would do with rides/characters. She did great with the rides and really liked them. Henry was a little more unsure. At first both kids did not want to see or meet any characters but by the end of the day they were excited to meet some princesses. Favorite rides were: the Carousel, teacups, and for Claire, the Goofy rollercoaster. The kids did really well considering we went all day. There were some moments of tiredness but overall they did great.  They loved the electrical parade in the evening and seeing all the characters. It was so much fun seeing the park through their eyes.

 

             

It was a wonderful visiting with Paul’s family. The kids loved spending time with family.