I saw this description of Henry's zodiac sign,
and I thought it was incredibly accurate:
gemini (may 22 - june 21)
i'm generous and mischievous
i will be a great talker
love to keep you guessing
smart, active, inquisitive
Henry is talking in sentences and giving us so many laughs. He knows his colors really well, knows how to sing the ABC's song, and we starting to work on learning some letters and numbers. He is obsessed with the Disney movie cars and he loves to dance and listen to music (especially the "lollipop" song from the fifties.)
Even thought he can communicate with us really well now, he is full of BIG EMOTION and is a typical 2 year old, sweet one minute, a tantrummy mess the next. Here is the wording on an Incident Report I received from daycare when I picked him up this week:
"When Henry got done eating, he started to throw the other children's food on the floor. When we asked him to please stop, he got mad and started to hit the teacher." I hope I'm not visiting him in prison some day. :[
His imagination is blossoming. He likes Thomas the Train, and has some of the wooden train set. Grandma Patti bought him the red James Engine, and he quickly renamed him 'Rainbow' (it sounds like 'wane-bow.') But if you try to correct him and tell him it is James, he will argue with you and say - 'No! It's Wanebow, maw-maw.'
He is a good eater. His favorite foods are noodles, peas, rice pilaf, hot dogs, pb&j sandwiches, soup, applesauce, soy milk, cottage cheese with peaches in it, and anything he can dip in ketchup.
He loves to imitate his dad mowing the lawn, play in the rain and puddles, and running around naked. He has done all three at once, too. His little ears are always listening, and he has started referring to us as 'Val' and 'Michelle' sometimes - he picked it up listening to us talk to each other. He can say Henry, but still calls himself Henny.
Here are some Henry-isms from the past couple months:
"Papa Sed" - what he calls Grandpa Fred
"Watch Cars again, Mama? Watch cars again?"
"Don't worry about it."
"I see red car / yellow bus / BIG TREE!" (commenting on everything he sees while driving in car)
"Cee-cee" - fishy, too cute to correct
"Henny's happy now, maw maw."
He informed his teacher at daycare that he had a big penis.
"That silly mater." (From Cars - he is always mumbling something about Lightning McQueen, Sally Sportscar, and Doc Hudson)
"Henny wants a cheeseburger" (said this just a minute ago when he left to go with Val to the carwash.)
"Time to come home from work, da-da." (A good parrot on the voicemail)
"I like Grandma's car the best" or "Like Grandma's car!" when he sees a white Honda Accord
Last, but not least, he dislikes nap time and bed time very much, I'll leave it at that. It's common for him to wake up once a night, but he's been doing great lately (I think he's finally starting to sleep through Calvin's cries in the night.)
