38 lbs. of ninja pirate

i just received this email from brent: " Speaking of Henry, he may be gaining some self-restraint. After you and Hugh left this morning, Henry wasn’t happy with the way the bad guys tried to steal the policeman’s car. He brought his hand back to hit me, but stopped and said, “I don’t like you but I’m not going to hit you.” I figure that’s progress…"

the definition of 'irony'

henry, wearing a construction helmet, a construction paper cape, no shorts and wielding a sawed of plastic golf club, with which he is bashing things while crying out {loudly} "everybody, i need peace and quiet!"

okey dokey, little buddy.

sibling disagreements

we have reached a new low in bickering today. hugh + henry are arguing over who gets to have which toys.....which we don't even own. apparently, this is a matter of utmost importance and hugh has worked himself into quite an impressive lather of righteous indignation that henry says he gets that lego man pictured in the book.