Henry these days

Henry has been hilarious lately.  He's really developing his personality, explaining more in depth thoughts, speaking in longer sentences, and thinking about bigger things.  Back in October he started to have a real problem falling asleep each night.  He would call us in constantly and cry.  Only at night.  It turns out he had a fear of the dark, which a nightlight in the room eventually solved.  At the time of all of this, he pointed out all of his sweatshirts hanging on some hooks in his room and said it looked like a monster, and asked me to take them down.  He would point to scary looking shadows and ask what they were.  He always wanted to look outside to see if it was dark because he didn't believe me and wondered why his room was so dark.  But the cutest thing of all was when he asked me to "turn off the dark".  I clued in then that he needed a night light!

Gone are the days of Barbie, and although he inquires about this show from time to time, his new favourite is Paw Patrol.  He asks to watch this every time it's show time.  He's totally into it.  This Christmas he was given tons of paw patrol stuff and he has been loving it.

We have been weaning him off the dresses and it has been a few weeks since he's worn one around the house now that I think about it.  I've treated it more like a dress up thing in the basement with the princess dresses, and he knows to take them off when he comes upstairs so he doesn't trip on them.  I'm glad to be getting away from this phase, not that I had a huge problem with it, just that he was SO obsessive about them and would talk about dresses as soon as his eyes opened and right at bedtime.  Also, he was wearing Rose's dresses out.  Poor Rose was being nice about it, but in the meantime wasn't wanting to wear certain ones anymore.  The other things that Rose has been really great about are her Anna and Elsa doll, and Henry wanting to play with them non stop.  Granted, she wasn't playing with them really, but she has let him carry those things around all over the place.  I had to soak them in vinegar and baking soda and scrub them with an old toothbrush the other day when I found mould in their hair!! Gross.  And a few weeks ago I had to take a magic eraser to their faces since they were so dirty.  If we could have foreshadowed this other obsession we could have bought him his own so Rose could keep hers pristine, but we didn't foresee this of course.  A few nights ago Henry had to go to the bathroom one more time after getting in bed, and he dragged Elsa along.  As he's sitting on the toilet he clutches Elsa and whispers, "Sorry Elsa".  This was way too cute.  I can't wait till he sees the wall of Elsa's at the disney store....and better yet...when I get a picture of him and Elsa on the Disney cruise!!

Something Henry needs to work on is walking rather than being carried around.  If we go somewhere where there is a short walk, and not stroller worthy, he says "Carry you!! Carry you!!" and has a huge meltdown if I make him walk.  I always have to get the stroller out at Rose's school, or I'll end up having to carry him the entire way.  I know it'll change eventually, I just feel like the girls were way more into walking everywhere by themselves at this age.  I wonder if he feels like he can't keep up and is discouraged.  Who knows.

He still continues to be the biggest lover of sweets.  The advent calendar ended on December 24th of course, and he was distracted by Christmas day, only to have a meltdown on the 26th because the calendar was gone.  And the next few days he asked for it every morning.

So many more things I could say I'm sure.  I have to remember to blog more.  At the end of January we'll be off to Florida which will satisfy Henry's want/need to wear shorts and no socks at all times.

Outtakes!!

Trying to take Christmas photos...unsuccessfully.  I was really late in getting around to this project and as a result was rushed and desperate.  I got a few good photos in the end and ordered our cards far later than I would have liked.

Auntie Amanda's baby shower

Maura, Cheryl, and I held Auntie Amanda's baby shower mid November.  As I write this the baby will be coming in a week or 2.  Exciting!

Hello again Ste. Anne's Spa

At the beginning of November we ventured out to Ste. Anne's spa again.  This time for 2 glorious nights! Two nights is the way to go.  We had a gigantic room this time.  The room was off site at the gym, so we had to get in the car to go to the main building, but the size of the room made up for this minor inconvenience. This time we each had our own bedroom.  Mine wasn't a bedroom per se, as I had a Queen sized murphy bed in the living room, but it was still my own room.  Since I wake up way earlier than the others I loved my space as I would start the wood burning fireplace in the morning, make a coffee and read until the other 2 got up. 

Here are some photos in random order.  We had our spa treatments of course, spent time in the hot tub (we had our own hot tub outside our door!), ate a ton of food, read books, and went for a long walk.  Amanda was 7 months pregnant at the time, and Maura was getting over being sick and having her voice problem, so I'm surprised we did the long walk.  It was good for everyone though as the day was amazing and we all needed the exercise.  Maura's voice went from probably 20% to 99% while we were at the spa as well, which was crazy,  and a testament to the healing powers of relaxation.  

The strangest part of the getaway was that we often got in the car wearing our robes.  It felt super wrong and awkward.