Look Who's 2

Happy

Funny

Laughing

Silly

Dancing

Engaging

Henry

He is a breath of fresh air.

He makes all of us laugh with his antics and his infectious laughter.

He is so dang cute.

A little of Henry's likes

Food: cheese, hotdogs?!?!?! and candy. doesn't like breakfast food

Movies/TV: Mickey Mouse and Lightning McQueen

Toys: Playdough and cars

Outside: Throwing rocks into water, swinging, walks in the stroller, the trampoline, four-wheeler rides

Book: photo album of our trip to Disneyland

Loves Ya Ya (Mia), Memma (Emma), Yam (Sam), A (Clay) and can just about guess the time of day when we have to start getting ready to get the kids.

He makes me laugh when we are in the car. He knows where we need to turn to go to the school, grandma's, Aunt Lindsey's, Nate's office, or Rips. He can throw a pretty good fit if I don't go the way he wants to go. It took me a couple weeks to figure out what was making him so upset:)

Has a recent interest in the iPad...loves to play the Starfall Alphabet game. It's a great way to pass the time while I'm feeding the baby.

He doesn't like to wear diapers. I decided to try two things. First, I bought pull-ups. That seemed to be a good move. He actually went potty after I told him that is what he needed to do in order to wear them. And, he has continued to do so. There is only one problem. Some pull-ups have Mater on them. Then there are some with Mater and Lightning McQueen on them. {from the movie Cars} He goes through them one by one..."no...no...no...no...ya...ning" Wanting only the ones that have both characters on them. What a funny kid.

The other thing I decided was that we might as well teach him to go in the toilet, since he wouldn't keep a diaper on...{he ran around naked quite a bit this summer}... I bought a box and filled it with little prizes...playdough, cars, granola bars, goldfish, crayons, etc...and he gets a prize every time he goes "boop" in the toilet. He's doing exceptionally well, considering that he's just barely 2.

Tonight he was refusing to get on the toilet.

I pretty much told him that he had to at least try.

He still didn't want to.

"Why not?" I asked.

"no prize"

It occurred to me that we were running low on prizes, and he was not going to "boop" in the toilet if he wasn't going to get a prize.

I assured him that there were prizes (there were a couple left), and he promptly sat on the toilet for 15 minutes to take care of business.

Clearly, the prize box is having the desired effect.

Yes, we love all of our kids. But we all call Henry "the favorite."

see what I mean?