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Henry and I had an ENTIRE day together today, because of the Passover holiday, so we whiled it away by taking literally hundreds of pictures with my digital camera. Okay, actually Henry took pictures and I surfed the 'net, but whatever! He had a good time, and I was amazed by how much fun he had. And by the fact that we had to replace the camera's batteries TWICE. I think this may be the excuse I need to upgrade to a Rebel--you know, so that he can have my little digital camera. Do you think Wade will go for that?

I have to admire Henry's creativity; he took picures of EVERYTHING and from EVERY angle. He got down under furniture and looked up at the ceiling; he took a picture of my ear (which you won't be seeing) because he thought it was interesting. Right now he's taking close-ups of our sofa. I think my favorites, though, are his self-portraits, because they are so unselfconscious. And I just like the shot of his hair.


We have an odd assortment of toys at our house: several Schleich knights, two Pottery Barn dinosaurs, and probably ten Bounty paper towel rolls. Guess what gets played with the most?



While the boy was photographing every surface in my house (including the hardwood floors, in all their dusty glory), I was reading Parents Like Us, a collaborative blog written by a group of moms and dads, including a high school friend of my brother's. Kim has a daughter Henry's age and twin boys who are Charlie's age (god bless her). These posts in particular made me laugh, for obvious reasons. Go! Read! Enjoy!

Laugh at someone else's kids for a change.

I showed Henry this post, so he could see his pictures, and he said, "Didn't you put up the picture of your EAR? That's a GREAT picture."