Author: Mike

Both Henry and Eleanor were glad to be home after their long travel day –  and both gave Zapa very excited greetings.  Henry has been working on some new tricks this week – making the appropriate “pfffft” noise for elephants, and an “m” noise for melts.  He has been working on his walking, and can…

This week Henry and Eleanor escaped for some warm weather fun.  Neither particularly enjoyed the ocean – Eleanor several times asked me to turn off the waves – but both enjoyed the pool.  Henry liked the beach, and got a big kick out of burying his feet in the sand and then finding them again. …

Henry and Eleanor had a blast celebrating Christmas with Mimi, Papa, Lala, Uncle B and Breanne.  We started off the week with a trip to the train exhibit at the botanical gardens, and a trip to the doctor for Henry’s one year checkup (all is well :) ).  Then Mimi and Papa arrived for lots…

Happy Birthday Henry! It was quite a big week for Henry – it started off with a Christmas party at one of Eleanor’s friend’s houses. On Tuesday, Henry started doing the “wah-wah-wah” noise that you make when you alternately cover and uncover your mouth with your hand. Then, on Saturday, we attempted to make a…

Eleanor and Henry celebrated and early Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa this week.  We also put up our Christmas tree, and Eleanor put a few ornaments on the tree herself.  She was very excited about the whole process, and reminds us each morning to turn on the lights on the tree.  We figured we would…