Tidbits about Henry

I've got a few little tidbits about Henry that I've wanted to share. As you all know or should by my many posts about our bug hunts, the boy loves bugs-big bugs, little bugs, crawling bugs, flying bugs, jumping bugs. Well, you get the point. He digs bugs in a big way. We've now had our share of grasshoppers, ants, lady bugs, rollie pollies, leaf bugs, beattles, and fuzzy caterpillars. His favorite out of all I think are grasshoppers. Each bug has had a name, a loving owner, and a safe place to live. Most of the bugs have been named Henry. It's a good name, don't you think?! Well several months ago Nana and Papa got an email from one of my aunts and I thought I'd share.

Just wanted to share a story with you all. This morning I went outside to get the paper and on my porch was a grasshopper. I instantly thought of Henry. So, I knelt down and looked him over (and he did have all his legs) so I decided to name him, what else but "ittle henry". Just too cute. I even gave "ittle henry' one piece of dog food. don't know if grasshoppers eat dog food but I did not want to chase down a bug to feed him. When I left for work, "ittle henry' was still on the porch. So can you tell Henry that I also had a grasshopper and named him Ittle Henry......Sweet kids...

***Sometimes, not all the time, Henry has a tendency to be very hands on with his bug friends and we've had a grasshopper or two that end up with missing hind legs. So to have one with all of its legs is a great accomplishment in our opinion.***

Yesterday when we got back home from picking up the kids from Nana and Papa's, we watched some football. Henry and I were talking about what he and Emma had done while staying over at my folks when all the sudden the following conversation happens.

Henry-"Mommy, can we do some footballing?"

Mommy-"Henry, what do you mean?"

Henry-"I wanna dress up in a costume and football it like dem(them) on the tb(tv)."

Mommy-"Well, sweetie, for now we'll just watch the players on the tv. And maybe next year for Halloween, you can be a football player."

Henry-"Well...uhm...ok, but can we football it like they do?"

Mommy-"Sure:)"

So we may have a future football player in our family. Henry's great grandfather would be so proud:)

On Friday, we were waiting for Aunt Suza to come over and get the kiddos for another weekend at Nana and Papa's. Both kids were growing impatient. They love spending time Aunt Suza, Nana, and Papa and were very anxious to go. Emma did her standard, "How much longer, but that takes a long time." routine and Henry was copying his sister. I told them it would only be a little while longer. And I looked at Henry and I could see the wheels turning in his head. Then he tells me that he's going to walk to Nana and Papa's house. I told him that it would be a long walk and that he would be really tired when he got there. I also told him that he would have to deal with being around a lot of fast moving cars. My parents live approximately 30 miles away. So he'd be hitting the highway. He thought about it again and then sad, "Mommy, maybe I'll wait for Suza to get us because walking on the highway would be dangerous." So we waited and what do you know...Suza rang the doorbell about 10 minutes later!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE their curiosity!