Happy 3rd Birthday Henry Theodore!!

 

Happy 3rd Birthday to our sweet, brown eyed boy! Hard to believe 3 years have just flown on by!  Henry is our little ham of the family. He makes us giggle daily, sometimes hourly. His big brown eyes are so expressive and animated and they just suck us in! Henry does a good job keeping up with big bro "Ke-wan" and loves to do whatever he is doing most of the time but is also very content at playing on his own (something big bro never learned!).  Henry loves his trucks, dinos,playing music(Daddy's drums or his guitars), dancing and playing ball. He's not all rough and tumble though, he's a great snuggler and is ultra sensitive! He can turn on those crocodile tears and stick that lip out (aka Mr Lip) in a second when getting into trouble.  Which makes it extra hard for Mom to get mad!  He's been at Open Arms since the beginning of the year, the same 3 days as Kellan. We're still in the adjustment phase but he's getting better.  He often comes home singing a new song they learned in music class. 

Henry woke up first this morning and was very excited to finally be 3! He's been practicing with those fingers. We let him open one of his presents while waiting for Kellan to wake up.

What is it Daddy?

Thanks G'ma B, a fun cash register!

Cha-ching

 

5 and 3, can it be??!!

Oooh, Zingo!  Thanks G'ma L!

Ready to go camping

 

A cool new talking transforming dino, I think this was the favorite

 

Henry got to spend the day home with Mommy and Daddy. Both off work since it was also President's Day. Kellan went to school as usual for a shortened day. We played with all the new stuff, then went to the mall for a bit to ride the train, the carousal, play on the playground and eat Chickfila, all of Henry's favorites!  We then picked Kellan up after nap time to go to Chuck E Cheese. Another of Henry's requests.  We stayed for pizza and games. "Uncle Duck" (Chuck Hayden), met us there too.  He hadn't seen the boys in awhile so wanted to join in the fun.

It's always more fun to play someone

Kellan getting a little help from Chuck on Wak-a-Mole

Who's the Fruit Ninja?

Chomp, chomp goes the ticket eater. How many?

Looks like enough for 2 blow up swords

 

Watch out "Uncle Duck"!

We didn't have our birthday "cake" yet for the day, so Henry chose Luvinberry for his dessert. It's a yummy self serve frozen yogurt place with all the toppings you can imagine. Henry is my chocolate lover, so chocolate icecream, with chocolate sprinkles and brownie pieces for him! Yum! 

 

Good stuff!!  Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!! We love you!!

Addendum: The very next day after his birthday, the binky fairy came to take all the binkies away. Other babies were needing them, especially the one in Mommy's belly!  A little wimper or two was all we heard the first night, he asked about it the second night, then hasn't mentioned it since! Much easier then Mom and Dad thought it would be.  He is now a bit more attached to his blankies and will pick a stuffed animal out to carry around as well. Such a good boy!

We also went full force with the potty training, school helping us as well. A week after his birthday we decided to just wear underwear and get rid of the diapers (pullups for nap, diaper for bedtime). He did it without any problems and had had maybe 2 accidents. Yay Henry!!

A very Spidey party

Look at that professional!

Henry's Spidey cake coming along

 

The finished product, not too bad for an amateur! Henry is all about spidey these days, so that will be the theme for his party. We went back and forth on what to do for his party and decided to keep it simple and low key.  We invited our good friends, the Blair's, who have Wyatt and Wesley. Wes and Henry have become buddies. "Wes-a-lee", as Henry likes to anunciate his name, very cute!  We also invited Essie (his old daycare provider) and her family (of 6!). So a perfect sized party!  BBQ chicken, mac and cheese, veggies, fruit and corn bread (Henry's faves) and of course spidey cake and icecream.

 

Amber supervising the boys, Kellan, Charles, Henry and Wes

 

The "adult" table, Essie, Carly, Kylie, Parker and my pregnant self

 

Say "Spidey!"

 

Happy Birthday dear Henry!!

Yum!

Just testing to make sure it's really yummy!

 

The guys, hiding in the corner. Jake, Tim and Sean

 

It's not a birthday party without a pinata, and a Spidey one. Birthday boy first.

Next up, Wesley

Come on Kylie, you can do better than that

Go Kellan!

 

Yay, candy and goodies!

 

Love the big card made by Essie and kids! 

 

A super big Cars coloring book and puzzles.Thank you for bringing non-toy items! :) Such a fun night, good to spend time with people we hadn't seen in awhile. Henry kept saying thank you over and over! He's such a sweetie!  And he still has tomorrow to celebrate his day all over again.

A Big, Fat Tuesday Birthday Celebration!

 

It's Fat Tuesday and we are having our own celebration, pancakes, king cake and all!  It also happens to be Jonathan Stone's (Tim's cousin) birthday and he'll be in town for work.  Since he has to fly into DC twice a month for work (from NH) we've invited him to come stay with us anytime he wants to break up the monotony of the hotel rooms. Plus the boys just adore him!  He's only about 6'5'' tall which makes for some very fun "elevator" rides!

 

The boys helped me pick out some festive Mardi Gras decorations at the dollar store today and a couple birthday balloons. 

Happy Birthday to you Jonathan!

Who's going to find the baby in the cake?

Always willing to help

 

The evening couldn't end without some wrestling with "Big Jon".  Plus pancakes, king cake and icecream equals a lot of sugar to burn off!! They eventually settled down and enjoyed some snuggling time with Jonathan as we watched some TV.

Port Discovery Museum

 

The Port Discovery Museum in Baltimore is where we ventured to today. We've heard such good things about it and have finally gotten around to going. It's an all hands on kids museum, so sounds like the perfect thing for  3 and 5 year old boys! We packed our lunch and had it as soon as we got here so we wouldn't have to stop once we got started. First up, some silly pics.  Knight Kellan is ready!

Jester Henry, ready to make us laugh

This jester looks up to no good

 

Oh, looking lovely today Queen Kellan

Go Henry, you can do it

Way up high

 

The middle of the museum is nothing but a 5 story crazy rope, slide, tunnel, climbing jungle gym. Kellan was not willing to try it, but Henry was.  

 

Kellan took the safer route and decided to race on the bikes with some other kids. He peddled fast and hard. He worked up a good sweat!

Kellan and Henry now racing, who's going to win?

It's a bit wiggly

Mommy's gotcha Henry

 

Kellan's pretty quick with the big kid "Whack-a-Light"

 

Checking out some neat things under the microscope and with the magnifying glass.

 

Henry's buckled and ready for a ride while Kellan is filling up the tank.  

Cash or Check?

We'll help you with your groceries Ma'am!

 

Craft time. We made some tie dyed papers. We'll be back when they're dry.

 

Trying to make a really big bubble

 

I hope they don't float away!

 

Getty up cow!

 

Probably Henry's favorite room, the water play room!  One really large water table with lots of little boats and running water to play in.  Large wall dryers to dry the kids when done. They even provided rain coats and crocks.  Henry's shirt was a bit wet, but he didn't care. I think he could've stayed in this area all day!

 

Kids sized diner. Come on boys, I'm waiting for my food!

Watcha cookin Kellan?

 

Thanks Henry, looks yummy!

 

Right before leaving, Kellan was ready to tackle the big ropes!  Way to go guys!  What a neat place!