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September Days

Uncle Nathaniel and Henry. Nat was telling him the history of WW2. Henry gave close attention. This was taken at a picnic the day before my cousin Nathanael's wedding in PA. Maria and Elisabeth (Maria's mom was my college roommate). We visited them in PA.

First day of preschool!
First day of Ballet at the Y. John takes her. He says she is a very eager, attentive student.
Grandmother holding Henry at Quarryville, September 4th.

Henry has just turned 6 months old. Our newborn is getting so big! He is rolling over and even can be happy by himself on his tummy. Just yesterday he started going after one of Elisabeth's toys, so we're entering a new phase of needing to clean up better. Unfortunately Elisabeth's seat at the table is right by the blanket where Henry often plays, so I envision lots of little bits of food finding their way into Henry's mouth. I'm trying to teach Elisabeth to be responsible for the food she spills. We'll see how that goes. Henry weighs over 18 pounds (haven't had his 6 month check up yet) and is already in the toddler car seat. However, he is still waking up twice during the night. I don't know when we'll all get this figured out, but I'm pretty tired these days. He's very happy after I've fed him at midnight or 3 AM and often doesn't want to go back to sleep. Silly boy. Ah but all frustrations are forgotten when I see his precious face and sweet smile. I thought I saw a couple of teeth about to poke through last week, but they have disappeared or I was wrong. But he is eating cereal and a few pureed fruits and vegetables a couple of times a day. So far squash seems to be his favorite.




Elisabeth turns 4 on Monday and is very excited about her birthday, and mostly about her bicycle. We have not been careful enough about keeping her presents a secret and she seems to have figured them all out. Maybe she doesn't sleep at night and listens to our conversations. The other day she was bouncing on the couch and I said, "Elisabeth, is that a trampoline?" She replied, "Oh, I wish I could have a trampoline for my birthday, like Maria. Oh, I wish I could." How could I reply? It was already ordered from Amazon (a mini trampoline, that is). Another time she wanted to make a "ballet set" for her doll, Emily, for Emily's birthday. What did Grandma and Grandpa just send her? An American girl ballet set, one for Elisabeth and one for Emily. Hmm.




Elisabeth is at preschool today (Tues. and Thursday). She enjoys it and her teachers say she is having a great time. "You're such a good girl, aren't you Elisabeth?" (oh great). Today she was Star of the Week, so she got to bring Emily, and a treat to share with the class for her birthday. As long as the icicing was pink, she didn't care that it was merely cream cheese on muffins. Hopefully the kids won't be too disappointed when they take a bite!




Enjoy the pictures.

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