Playing with Nelle

We are constantly on the move... usually following Nelle or rolling to the stereo to play with the knobs. While Sunday was a beautiful day, I didn't feel good. Henry was in a great mood and wanting to play - as always. I slept my morning and much of the day away, while my sweet husband took care of Henry and Nelle in hopes that Henry would wear himself out before I woke. Well, I woke to Henry wanting more playtime - he is so energetic! So, being such a wonderfully tired mom (does it ever end??), I sat on the floor with him and let him watch Nelle playing outside. It was quite entertaining - for all of us.

Santa came early!

Henry has received his first Christmas present - NEW CARPET!!!! Since we moved into this house a year ago, I've wanted to invest in new carpet for our den. I didn't really have a reason before, but now that Henry is on the verge of crawling (or possibly walking - we may just skip the whole crawling thing!) it is perfect timing. Luckily, I still believe in Santa, or Henry might not have been given such a wonderful present! Thanks Santa!!

Old toys, new toys

When mom sold my grandmother's house in Birmingham a couple of years ago, my dad came across this old Fisher-Price horse. This old toy belonged to us, Mama Dear's 5 grandchildren. Dad, the one that can't throw anything away, decided to clean it and keep it for his future grandchildren. This is one time I'm glad he kept something.

The horse "nays" when you move the harness back and forth. It's a weak "nay" these days, but a new sound to Henry. He will sit on the horse and tuck his feet underneath to keep himself steady. He gets so tickled over this toy.

trick-or-treat

http://widget-6e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=216172782132393070&site=widget-6e.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle">

Bill, Henry, and I joined some friends to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood on Friday evening. We met in Cloverdale Park (in front of our church) and started the trek through Cloverdale. Henry is a little young for candy, so we watched Frank Williford, John Allen Lachney, and Owen Earnest go door-to-door while we waited by the curb with our friend Warren Walker Skelley.
Afterwards, we ventured to see our friends, the Garners, and their Halloween graveyard. We got a picture with Frankenstein (Andrew Garner) - which does not do him justice! He's literally 7 1/2 feet tall. Sydney, his wife, gave him all the credit for the decorations, and there was much to be given!

Halloween Carnival

http://widget-f8.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=216172782132392952&site=widget-f8.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle">

We attended the Halloween Carnival at ECDC Thursday afternoon. Our friend Warren Walker came as a Pea In the Pod.

Pumpkinfest 2008

Our church has Pumpkinfest every year. This year they had a moonwalk, bean bag toss, cookie walk (like musical chairs), pumpkin painting, horse carriage rides, and trunk-or-treat. Patsy, Molly, and Alyce met us at FUMC to enjoy the festivities. Molly helped Henry trunk-or-treat (trick or treating out of the trunks of cars).

Henry is a giraffe for Halloween.... and appears to be a pumpkin-eater! Actually, the babe will put ANYTHING in his mouth. He grabs and stuffs. Luckily, this pumpkin -even though small - was TOO big! Not to worry... he is a fan of streamers. One trunk lost a couple thanks to his precious little grabbing hands.

He missed his afternoon nap, so he's really sleepy in these pictures, but he had a ball... especially after Alyce got him to sleep for a little bit. There was just so much to see!

exploring new places... among other things

Bill went to the Alabama game today, so Henry and I ran errands and watched football... or tried to watch football. He's discovered the stereo system and I just prayed all day he wouldn't mess it up before Bill got home because I haven't got a clue how it works.

We also did laundry... Henry helped.