Father's Day Surprise

On Father’s Day I earned the title of Best Mommie/ Wife ever. I surprised Jim with great seats to the Red Sox Fathers day game against the Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox won with a homerun in the bottom of the 9th. (Bonus points for me due to the exciting game!) For Father’s Day they let the families go out on the field and touch the Green Monster. I think they had a wonderful time!

Itsy Bitsy Fider

First Freckle

I have accepted the fact that Henry will look just like Jim. But recently, I noticed something that Henry is getting from me- FRECKLES. Here is his first one. I expect by the end of a summer in the sun there will be more along that adorable little nose.

Henry and the Easter Bunny

We just returned from a visit to Ft Walton Beach to see Nana. We had a great week, even though it rained 5 of 7 days. In addition to quality time with my mom, we were able to spend two wonderful and sunny days with Karena and Heidi's families in Rosemary Beach. These are the pictures from Henry's visit to see the mall Easter Bunny. He really loved him, but kept asking "why is he not saying anything?".

How the Novack Boys Spend a Sunday afternoon

Sunday, I had a migraine. While I took to laying in a dark room all afternoon, I could hear Jim and Henry in front of the computer for what seemed like hours. There was lots of laughing and Jim giving Henry instructions. When I opened up the computer on Monday, here are the pictures I found- (I admit I am the one who dropped it into a slide show and added the music).

Toddlerisms

It may have been a long time since I have blogged, but I have been keeping notes on all the funny things that Henry says so I can share. Here are some of my favorites. All of these have happened in just the last 2 months. He is a little over 2 1/2.

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While listening to music in the car, Henry yelled out "Look Mommie, my bum is dancing!" and sure enough, his little bum was gyrating in his car seat.

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"Daddy. Come. Make a funny face and I will laugh."

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While ridding in the car on our way to see Henry's pediatrician:

Me: "We are going to see Dr. Scheff today"
Henry: "Mommie, what does he cook?"

(If you don't get this one, I will give you a hint- Scheff is pronounced Chef- I am most ran off the road laughing when I figured out why he was asking me that.)

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While holding a toy telephone Henry was saying things like he was on the phone- "Yes?", "Hello?", "Ok", "Bye", etc. I asked "Are you talking on the phone?" Henry replied, "I AM TALLLKING ON MY BLUEBERRY!!"

The tone suggested that I am a complete moron!

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Henry has recently dropped one of my favorite things that he said constantly: "I don't remember". He used it any time that he should have said "I don't know". It was just hilarious to me because he would say it in a way that sounded like he knew the answer at some point, but it had just slipped his mind now, regardless if it was something he never knew. "Henry, what is Quantum Physics?" "Hum, I don't remember". Henry, where is the isle of Capri?" "Hum, I don't remember". It would crack me up. Now, he has picked up that the correct thing to say is "I don't know" instead. I preferred it the other way.

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Many mornings in Henry's playroom (which is actually our dinning room that never got a dining room set) I will bring in my laptop to work while he plays. Some times he sits with our home laptop and types letters, while I work on my work laptop. Recently, while he was doing his letters, I asked him if he wanted to go get a snack. His reply? "Hold on, I am doing my email".

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Henry just started to pretend that he is reading the newspaper. He runs his fingers along the words and acts like he is sounding out things. It is usually words that don't really make sense together, which is funny enough. Last weekend he said, "I will read this to you". Then with his finger he ran along the words and sounded out slowly: "Dear Mommie, I probably love you very much. The End." I melted.

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"That is not a letter, it is an Eskimo Point!"

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Winter Love/ Hate

We've had one of the coldest and snowiest winters since we moved here. When it comes to Winter, I fall in the hate category while the boys in the house fall in the love category. Not surprisingly, I am not a good sport when it comes to taking Henry out to play in it-- it is such a big production. Jim has to play that role, even if it means it is after he comes home from work (and in the depths of winter that means it is dark- we are dark at 4:30). This video was taken in January. Jim and Henry built a big snow slide and then found Henry's duckie tub that he used as a baby for a sled. They had a ton of fun with this.

I am convinced that the mound of snow used for the slide will still be there in June at this rate. We actually had a thaw during the beginning of this month, but the mound persisted. We had another 12 inches over the weekend and we are far from finished. If we have a mound of snow on Henry's birthday, I think I am going to cry.

Go away old man Winter!