Weekend

Kyle was gone Thursday-Saturday afternoon for a football conference and it left just me and the little. We jam packed the weekend with lots of shopping, good food and good naps. My brother Brandon and his girlfriend Kati were home from college and we got to see them twice which was great....and Henry just loves them. He can totally say Bubba! Speaking of words Henry can say....(which is growing by the day) he learned the meaning of "help" and says it almost perfectly. He picked it up so fast and now instead of the whining "uh uh uh uh" when he needs help or wants something he says in his super sweet little boy voice "help help help!" Watching him learn to speak and learn words every day makes me so proud to be his mom. He also knows please now although doesn't say it quite right...he says "pa, pa, pa" really pronounced when he is begging for food or wants something:). He loves when we ask him to repeat words "say mama, say dog, say duck" etc. As I am typing this Henry is getting in the cubbards and saying "help help help...." so sweetly and quietly so I would help him get some pots out. I mean.... maybe because it's new and the way he is using it all the time, but I just think it is thE cutest thing I've ever heard.

I didn't get around to doing any of the crafts I wanted to do this weekend- but I did do a good cleaning of the house and we all know how much time that takes all while chasing a toddler around! He likes to help me clean and I include him in everything. It is great to have Kyle back home, especially today. I used to HATE Sundays pre-Henry because of dreading the work week starting back up on Mondays. But now....I just love them. We hardly ever schedule any plans on Sunday and always spend the day warm and snuggled up in our home, cooking new meals. It's turned into a pj day and we don't get out of them all day- love it.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend:

 

My first trip to homegoods (I KNOW!) a chevron pillow, wicker basket, bathroom towels for henry's bathroom, a yellow throw

Sunday dinner: red potatoes, chicken breast, fresh green beans...preheat oven @ 350, place ingredients in pan, sprinkle one package of italian seasoning and one stick of butter (a half stick of butter would be enough), cover with alumininum foil and bake for 50 minutes...SO delicious. Henry devoured the green beans. (He surprises me all the time with all the vegis he likes...woo!)

Fruit/vegi pouches are the best invention ever! Here is Henry sucking down two of them on our drive home from Homegoods

Kyle's favorite side dish salad. Cucumber, red onion, tomato, (lots and lots of) feta, pepper and extra virgin olive oil

Henry on the walking movers at Somerset Mall with Grandma. He just loved them and yelled "WOOOOAH...WOAH...WOOOAH" the whole time. He was making everyone laugh:)

Henry on the chair he obsessed over at Pottery Barn Kids. I loved it and almost bought it, however it was white (heck no), $150.00 (umm no!) and it would be way too hot to sit in in the summer months....so I am on the hunt now for a bargain!



 

 

Well....we are ending the weekend with making brownies with chocolate frosting (my favorite) and then putting Henry down and catching up on some shows with Kyle. I need to add in too....that Henry knows when he wants to go to sleep now. He says ni-night. And if you ask him if you want to go ni-night he nods yes, we always ask around nap time or night time so his answer is always yes:)....and after we bring him upstairs he walks right over to the rocker in his room and pats it and says ni-night since that is where I rock him before bed. Now isn't THAT the cutest thing ever????? I hope I remember these little details forever.