Henry is my wild child. He has no fear of anything, except perhaps doctors. He is a rough-and-tumble little boy who is sure he can do everything his big brother can. As a result of his fearless nature, he does get hurt a lot and is always covered in bumps and bruises. He usually doesn't cry too much when he gets hurt unless it really does hurt a lot. Henry has boundless energy and can literally run circles around me. He doesn't like to sleep, even when he is really exhausted. He never naps at home (only at school) and then fights bedtime like crazy! He is chock-full of excuses about why he can't go to sleep (he needs fresh water, he has to go potty, he needs another hug, etc.). When he does fall asleep, he usually ends up sideways or backwards on his bed. Sometimes he stretches out across all his pillows or uses the pillows for his feet instead of his head.
Henry loves puzzles (and is amazingly good at them), books, music, Baby (Brown Bear), and going on adventures. He loves to play outside with chalk and Play-Doh and just run around. His brother is his best friend and they play so well together, most of the time! Henry has a great imagination and can go from being a pirate one minute to pretending to be a fire ant the next. He loves to help in the kitchen and the kid can eat like no one I've ever seen. We can't figure out where it all goes sometimes! The only thing he doesn't like are the crusts on his bread.
Henry is determined and opinionated and sweet and loving. He gives good hugs and loves to be with me all the time. He is definitely a goofball and is very funny and makes us laugh a lot. Henry is an awesome kid and I'm so glad I get to be his mom!
And Will painted a flower pot and planted this plant for me!
Then the day began in earnest! We enjoyed our usual 8am breakfast at Skeeters before Mass. After church, we came home, changed clothes, drove up to Kingwood with only one stop on the way for tulips for my mom, and then enjoyed lunch with my Mom and Dad. Henry did not want me to take any photos. 
But I managed to capture this one of him smiling at the camera.
And Gene even took one photo of me with my littlest boy.
The boys love visiting Daddy's office downtown, partly because there is a big candy dish full of jellybeans on his desk!
This afternoon, Will and I had a special date for ice cream while Henry enjoyed some one-on-one time with Grampa at home. 
the boys crashed hard. 
I took this picture to try to capture the boys side by side because almost every day someone asks me if they're twins! They are close in size but not quite twins (thank goodness).
Will took a sports class at the rec center this spring. He sometimes liked it. They learned soccer, t-ball and basketball skills. He liked t-ball the best. 
Henry wasn't in the class and spent the hour running back and forth across the gym like a crazy man. 
My friend Belinda sent me these pics from the cowboy birthday party we went to. I love Will's face here! 
Henry liked the hay. I still have hay in my bag from this party. It got everywhere!
Happy spring!
We also watched a Sid the Science Kid episode called "Save the Stump." Sid explored animal habitats in an old tree stump in his backyard, so when we went on our walks on the trails in Kingwood, we searched for old tree stumps too and talked all about the animals that make their homes there. Grampa and Henry found a lot of ants on this stump!
We found more stumps and lots and lots of spiders! 
Two of our favorite tree books are The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and My Wonderful Christmas Tree by Dahlov Ipcar. My dad picked up trash along the trails (more T words!). 
At home Henry made his uppercase T into an apple tree and the lowercase t into train tracks. 
He even drove one of his Thomas trains along the tracks!
And then we built real tracks for the boys to play with. We also read Terrific Trains by Tony Mitton and Trains by Anne Rockwell. 
We had a terrific T week!
while Henry played in the leaves. He is knee-high here! 
The boys love to walk down to the tunnels and hear their voices echo!
At noon, we pick up Will at school and return to Gramma and Grampa's house for lunch, a video or two, and more time outside exploring! We headed back on the exact same walk we took in the morning, but this time the boys pretended they were T-rexes!
We ended up back at the park where everybody went for a swing
before heading back inside to read books with Gramma and explore some maps with Grampa.
Fridays can be hard if the boys are over-tired and cranky after a busy week, but last Friday was the perfect day. Everyone was happy and no one wanted to go home!