Day 121 - Henry's Wardrobe

With Henry's late sleep yesterday we never made it to the shops, even though that had been the plan. I really wanted to get him some new winter pyjamas and a couple of long sleeve T-shirts so I went over to Target this afternoon after work.

I never thought that I would enjoy buying clothes for Henry as much as I do, mostly because there is not as much of a range available for boys, compared to girls' clothes. However,  I probably wouldn't get such good value for my money if I had had a daughter instead, because mostly all the chain stores think that all little girls should be in pink... everyday, every clothing item, all the time. By the way, Henry has worn pink a couple of times... it suits him, in a manly way :)

Day 120 - Time Management

Time management worked out really well today. Earlier in the week I had started painting the room with help from Glenda, I had spent some time another afternoon finishing off the first coat (except for the big section behind the very heavy bed) and then the project had stalled.

With Henry usually going down for his sleep at 12 noon, I coordinated things with Dale so that I was free to start painting at 11am. By noon, as I painted I listened to Henry singing away in bed to himself and listing all the people in our family (Mummmeeee.... Daaaddeeee..... 'Naa! - That's Jenna for those not in the know). By about 5 minutes to 1, he finally went quiet and slept for a peaceful two hours, just in time to wake when I was washing out the brushes.

I am really happy with how the room looks, but will wait until all the furniture is put back into place before taking photos.

Day 119 - Making Do

It seems that a slippery dip and swing set may be a good birthday present for Henry this year. He loves the slippery dips any time we go to a park. Today when Henry and I got home from a morning birthday party, Dale had his bike trailer out, which has a ramp for getting the bikes in and out. In his own head, this must have looked like a slippery dip to Henry, who climbed to the top, plonked himself down and attempted to slide (it was more of a wriggle) down!

Day 118 - Bed Time

I took this, tonight not long before Henry went to bed. He has become quite fond of his little teddy bear that was a gift from Peta's family and the matching monkey that Jenna bought for him. They appear to be from the same range and they have cute little matching faces. I just think Henry looks adorable clutching his teddies, because he doesn't show this softer side all the time!

Day 117 - Smart Cookie

Although he doesn't quite know the words for it yet, I have noticed that Henry is starting to notice the colour of objects. This started one day in the garden when he was picking his favourite African Daisies. I asked him to bring me a purple one; I don't really know if he knew what I was going on about, but he did learn to say the word purple.

Today I found that he is able to sort and stack his blocks by colour as well. Notice that although the green and orange ones are both triangles, he sorted them by colour? He is also able to say the word orange now, but it may take a bit longer to match the words to the colours!

Day 116 - Beginning Pilates

After a quiet Anzac Day holiday at home with the heater on, I have to admit that I did not feel like going out for my first Pilates class which started at 5pm. As a further part of my mission to get those separated abs back together after having Henry, I have signed up for 10 weeks in a beginner class. Luckily, even though all of the other classes are full, 5pm must be an unpopular time, as there are only three of us in the class. I am not fussed by this, as it means we should get more one on one time with the physio.

Wish me luck!

Day 115 - Lesson Learned!

My photo today looks like some kind of bizarre negative thing! Embarrassingly, I only took two photos today and didn't look at either of them straight after I took them (mainly because I was making sure the assembly was running properly). Lesson learned. My camera was on a different setting that Dale had been playing with and I hadn't reset it yet. I had to play around with this a lot so that you could even see the bag pipe player's facial details and it is kind of interesting, but not how I would have chosen to have this photo!

This is Mr Sweetapple, who played the pipes at our school's Anzac Day ceremony today.