The Fantasy Continues - Sunriver

Last week we spent another glorious week of vacation together as a family.  We traveled to Sunriver with our dear friends the Ripleys for a week of sun and recreation.  Below are some snapshots of some of the sweet memories we made.

Henry on his first hike in our new backpack.  He thought it was pretty cool until he was lulled to sleep and there was nowhere for his head to rest.  We remembered a rolled up towel on our next hike.  The river views were spectacular on this hike. 

Henry and Daddy checked out the pool together.  Henry loves swimming, especially now that he isn't forced to sing songs in a circle with other kids (a.k.a. swim class). 

I see you Mama!!!

Ohhhhhh, so chilly, yet so much fun!

Henry's FAVORITE part of the aquatic center was the fountains.  I am sure he would stayed there for hours if Mama and Daddy weren't freezing (because we of course ran through the fountains with him).  Funny how kids don't ever seem to get cold when they are splashing in the water.

This is a favorite pastime for the Ripley boys.  One of the boys gets rolled up like a mummy and then the other boy play kicks/punches the mummy boy.  Henry enjoyed participating in this game. 

"Daboo, Daboo, Daboo!!!"  Henry LOVES, LOVES, LOVES garbage cans of all sizes, shapes and colors, indoor and outdoors.  This one had a lid, which made it even more fun.  For whatever reason, Henry calls garbage "daboo."  He really enjoys finding garbage and throwing it away. 

Sweet baby boy playing independently with his cow.

Henry likes to color now.  First kid's menu ever.

Henry spotted this train one afternoon and got super excited every time it passed by.  So, we had to take a ride the next afternoon.  He did NOT want the train ride to end though.  He still really likes all things with wheels, especially if they make noise and play music like this train did.

Peek-a-boo!

Nothing like teaching a boy early how to shoot a pistol!  Generally speaking, I'm not that excited about letting Henry play with guns, but what are you to do when you travel with 11 and 14 year old boys who want to share their toys with Little Man.  Henry soooooo wanted to be just like the big boys.  So, I gave in, for at least this weekend.  The pistols did bring him much joy.

Goodness this is a big book!!!

Mr. Smiles.  His smile NEVER gets old to me.

By way of other updates, Henry is developing into quite a little boy now.  His favorite game is to go around a room and point to things as you ask him where the things are.  For example, if you ask him where the couch is, he'll run over and pat the seat of the couch.  If you ask him where the fan is he will point to the fan and say "uh, uh, uh."  Henry still doesn't have many words, but he will say "oooof, ooooof" if you ask him what a dog says.  So freaking cute.  He also has learned approximately 8 different body parts. 

Recently he got two more teeth (13 total now) and a couple of weeks ago he suffered through a rash, which is yet to be determined if it was a heat rash or roseola (which one of his buddies suffered from recently and may have shared with Henry).  Henry's feeling much better so it really doesn't matter. 

Henry has become a bit more picky on the food front, but last week he was a great eater on vacation.  His favorite food last week was roasted, salted peanuts.  The Ripleys brought a jar of them and every time Henry saw the jar of peanuts he would demand to eat a handful.  It was comical by the end of the week.  Good thing he's not allergic. 

Henry still loves to read.  His favorite books are ones that feature cars, trucks and and trains.  He also likes to look through magazines and point to various items that he recognizes, in particular cars, trucks and trains...oh, and dogs.

Henry is still very mechanical, he loves to figure out how things work. I recently purchased a baby laptop for our car trip and he loves pushing all the buttons and flipping the on/off switch.  He likes to put toys in containers just to remove them and start again.  Some of his favorite toys include his Mega Blocks, pull toys, race cars, wind-up toy and bubble bucket.  It is so fun to watch him explore his world.