Henry-o's First Jack-O'-Lantern

It was Furman's homecoming weekend, and amidst the festivities and chilly, chilly weather that apparently required a coat even indoors, we managed to carve Henry's first jack-o'-latern.  

Henry got bored and started reading the paper, but he seemed to like the final result.  

Unique and Sensitive

Daddy won "Most Unique Chili" at this evening's chili cook off at Advent UMC, and we are so proud of our chef who was unable to bring home any leftovers for us. Henry and I didn't get to attend the tasting. Well, we did, but we stayed for about three minutes. Henry was in no mood to sample chili, and I was in no mood to wrangle Henry.

Now, should Henry ever be part of a tasting team, Daddy and other contenders better watch out! The boy has the most sensitive pallet known to man. He can even discern an organic grape from a non-organic. Tonight, I gave a pitiful (snotty and stuffy) Henry his requested nightly "bi." He sucked on the pacifier for a second, took it out of his mouth, and said, "Don 'ike. Diffren bi." I gave him an alternate one, and he questioningly held it while trying it for a moment before he let his hand fall to his side as a gesture of approval.

I don't know what the difference was. Henry does, though. Sen-si-tive.

A few a Henry's favorite things

Throwing Rocks
Big Sticks

Following Grandjoe
Books and Sitting with GrandjaneHaving Elizabeth around

Daddy got stung by another yellow jacket today

Henry and I sauntered around our neighbors' yards this afternoon checking out their pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns when it occurred to me that, you know, we could go out and get one of our own. Duh.

Anyway, we asked Daddy to take us to the little "pumpkin patch" down the road. Henry loved it, and we all worked together to pick just the right pumpkin for our porch. Henry thought most of them were too heavy but, no worries. He asked Daddy and Mama to help pick up the one we eventually decided to bring into the family.
He also didn't think it should rest atop a porch step but should be given prime seating in a rocking chair. Whatever.Anyway, Daddy got stung twice by a yellow jacket today. He was also stung while tailgating on Saturday. Yet, at the end of the day, he still cut the grass and took us pumpkin shopping. Henry has the best, and apparently most-attractive-to-yellow-jackets, dad. It is what it is, you know?

Widespread v. Allman Brothers

We took Henry to Charlotte for the Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers Band concert on Sunday evening. Henry actually wore his ear plugs through most of Widespread. But he got really into The Allman Brothers, dancing and even shouting, "Music!"I didn't get to take the camera into the concert, but here's a picture of Henry and Daddy waiting to get into the concert and a picture of Mama and Henry reluctantly leaving while The Allman Brothers were still rocking out.
I love it. I totally won. Mama's boy!

ETA: Daddy says he won, too. He thought The Allman Brothers Band was the most rocking band that night. Guess we are all on the same wavelength.

Prickly Goes to a Football Game

Grandjoe puts on a very nice tailgate for the CBSF group at Furman, and last Saturday, Cory provided some delicious barbecue. Cory likes the tailgate arrangement a lot. It gives him a chance to see how many pork butts he can smoke all at once. The rest of us love it since we get to eat a ton of mouthwatering barbecue along with delicious Cory-made sauce. Henry digs Daddy's barbecue.
Henry had a blast running around on the Furman mall, hanging out with David and Grandjoe, and dodging the yellow jackets that seemed particular attracted to his Daddy. (Cory got stung.)
The day was made even better, though, when we realized that Evan's caterpillar, Prickly, managed to stow away in David's luggage and attend the football game. The spiny larvae was quite the fanatic, settling on our shoulders to watch the game only after lots of flipping all around.
The game outcome stank--had to turn our heads from the field.
Henry, though, requested attending a football game several times this evening. He loved, loved Saturday at Paladin Stadium and is also looking forward to visiting with Prickly in a few weeks.

Fatten up, kid!

Henry's really skinny.  Come on, Henry!  Eat more doughnuts!