my pink toes » Henry

I Am Just a New Soul, I Came into This Strange World

lsmith — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:52:12 +0000

cue: New Soul by Yael Naïm
At the mall, walking by the Apple store, spying a new MacBook Air in the window.
Me: Hey Henry, look at that! You see that?
7-year-old Henry: What? The computer?
Me: Yeah! Isn’t that amazing?
Henry: It looks just like yours
Me: Huh? No, I mean – it’s a laptop, yes, but – it’s so thin! It’s as thin as a peechee!
Henry: What’s a peechee?
Me: Um, I guess you guys call them folders now. It’s the size of your reading folder.
Henry: Okay. It’s a computer, Mom.
Me: No! Um, do you know how big computers were when they were first invented? They were -
Henry: I know, I know. rolls eyes. They were the size of our house. And really really expensive. You’ve told me already. exasperated, teenage-like sigh
Me: Yes! That’s why this one is so amazing.
Henry: So, is that the one you want?
Me: Yes, but… I mean no, not really, but… I mean, it’s just so cool! It’s so tiny!
Henry: long pause. Can we go now?
Back in my day…
And yes, I bought the song. I am such a Tool.

Henry’s New Kitten

lsmith — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:11:23 +0000

Henry and Jango
It’s so cute to watch my boy hold his kitten
so tenderly.

Hey – you’ve been on the ground for 3 hours after flying home from 10 days in China. Wouldn’t this be a great time to adopt a kitten?!

Our babysitter’s cat had kittens on Father’s Day. Henry spent so much time with them and fell in love with them. I begged Dave to let us adopt one (yes, this is my fault). The babysitter’s family kept him extra long so we wouldn’t have to introduce him to the house while I was gone, but it made for a doozy of a day getting back!!

Henry wanted a Star Wars name for his kitten. I thought of the punny Kit(ten) Fisto. The babysitter suggested Wicket the Ewok. I nixed Darth Vader, Darth Maul, and General Grevious. Our friend Shona suggested "Jango", after the nefarious Bounty Hunter Jango Fett. Another friend joked that we could call him Jango Pett. It was a name we could all love.
We love having Jango in the house. (Ok, we humans do. Our other two cats are not nearly as thrilled.) And Henry is being so responsible and loving. I’m so proud of him.

You can click here to see more photos of Henry-and-Jango cuteness.

There’s No Pea Under the Mattress, That’s for Sure

lsmith — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:06:03 +0000

Henry (while jumping around on my bed): Hey Mom, what kind of bed is this again? Is this a King bed? Or is it a Queen bed?
Me: It’s a King bed.
Henry: And what kind of bed do I have again? It’s a Prince, right?

Overheard at Bedtime

lsmith — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:35:16 +0000

Henry: Daddy, I need some goodnight kisses
Daddy: But I just gave you a bunch of goodnight kisses
Henry: Yes, but I didn’t feel any water

Henry Lost a Tooth!

lsmith — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:28:39 +0000

This is his first lost tooth. He’s very proud – and very brave. He and Dave worked on it with dental floss, and then Henry requested the pliers! A couple tugs, and out it came.

They grow so fast – I can still remember when he got these teeth in the first place! The nice part about losing teeth is that he wasn’t up all night screaming…

Sounding It Out

lsmith — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:29:28 +0000

It’s an all-boy house here. We had some friends and their one-year-old daughter over for dinner. We are all light-sabers and wrestling, hi-yah! and blasters. She was a little intimidated, but then jumped right in.
Later, when Henry and I were reading for bed, he was sounding out words. We got to “bad” and he said, “That’s a hard one Mom” (he has trouble differentiating “b” and “d”). Then he continued, “But it’s a cool word – it looks like they’re attacking the “a”!”

Overheard while driving carpool

lsmith — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:15:04 +0000

Henry’s friend Max: I know who Darth Vader is!
Henry and Max in unison: It’s Anakin!
Henry: So, I wonder – why did Anakin want to become Darth Vader?
Max: Oh – I know! I know! They kept calling him “Annie” all the time and it made him really mad so he turned into Darth Vader to make them stop it.

The naming of the appliances

lsmith — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:42:06 +0000

Tonight, my son Henry said, “We should name the vacuum cleaner “Suck”. Because, y’know, it sucks things up. Isn’t that a good idea Mommy? Don’t you think that would be a great name?”
He turns to the vacuum “Hey, Suck! How’s it going? Do you like your new name?”