my pink toes

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.

Filed Under "Henry, Shiny Things" on February 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)

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

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.

Filed Under "Henry" on September 06, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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?

Filed Under "Henry" on July 29, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

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

Filed Under "Dave Smith: Wonder Husband, Henry, Overheard" on April 16, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

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...

Filed Under "Henry" on February 28, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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"!"

Filed Under "Henry" on November 11, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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.

Filed Under "Henry, Overheard" on October 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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?"

Filed Under "Henry" on September 20, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)