Our little Secret

 

Just as big as your brothers

Dear Henry...

I had the biggest laugh this morning looking at this picture of you and your brothers.  You try to be just as big and bad as your big brothers.  I love your face in this picture.  I can almost hear you saying "Yes, and it was so much fun, can we do it again?"

There is such an attraction of boys to mud and I'm glad you have built in playmates .  Your brothers love to build, make bridges, forts, hills and mud mountains.  I love that you are fearless and yet it just means that your Diva is going to really have to pray extra hard for "my littlest angel" .  

This picture would make a good ad for laundry detergent .  Praise the Lord for soap and water.  I am so glad little things make you happy.  

   What does the Bible say about mud? In the second creation story in Genesis, God fashions Adam “out of the clay (mud) of the ground” (Gen.  2:7)  It is my hope and prayer that you will always be creative and love Jesus with your whole heart.

We love you and pray for you every day.

XOXO   your Diva

Snow Days and Snow Men

Dear Henry....

Happy Snow Day.   Snow days mean no school and Mommy and Oscar can stay home and play with you and Charlie.  Snow days means drinking hot chocolate in your favorite flannel pajamas and watching the snow flakes fall .  Snow day are like having an extra Saturday added to your week.  This year you have had two weeks of Snow days.

Snow days means Daddy can work from home.  Snow days means watching movies and doing fun things with the snow both inside and outside.

Snow days means grabbing  your hats, coats gloves, boots  and going outside in the snow to make snow angels, snowmen, forts, snowballs for throwing or  just eating the fresh fallen snow.

Daddy makes the best snowman.  He knows how to pack the snow to make a good base so it won't fall over.  Mommy helps give the snow man his "fashion flair" .  Mr Snowman is very happy and greets everyone who comes by the house. 

On days when it is too cold to go outside in the snow your Mommy and Daddy bring the snow inside to you.  How special is that ?  You can build a snowman in the bathtub and still stay toasty warm.  No need for bulky coats, gloves and hats .  He is quite a bit smaller than the outside snowman but he is still very cute and when he melts away clean up is really easy.  

Not only was this a fun way to stay warm and build a snowman but you also learned that cats are curious about snow but they definitely do not like being in it.  Good observation my little scientist!

You are growing up so fast Henry.  You are curious about everything and try so hard to keep up with your brothers.  Know that we miss you and pray for you every day.  Diva is looking forward to some spring weather.  See you soon.

   Your Poppa and Diva

Happy Potatoe Head Birthday Henry!

Dearest Henry,

What fun Poppa and I had at your two year old Mr. Potato Head Birthday party.  I'm not sure what was the most fun....watching you open gifts or decorate your cookies.

You got a Mr. Potato Head for Christmas and Mommy noticed it was your favorite gift.  So she worked her Mommy Magic and made you a Mr. Potato Head Party complete with shirts, gifts, wall hangings and Diva and Poppa.  Diva had the most fun ever and am hoping I get a Mrs. Potato Head for Mother's Day.  (Would you be a dear and remind Mommy?)

Every one decorated cookies.  You and your brothers liked making aliens with lots of eyes.  Diva made a diva look alike  cookie. What do you think.  Does it look like Diva?


Mommy had some sugar cookies that we decided to decorate to look like a potato head.  Even Poppa got into decorating a cookie.  You liked eating the decorations more than making faces.  Diva even made an angry kitty cookie.  Oz liked using the black frosting and putting on lots of alien eyes.  His teeth turned black when he ate the cookie.

You still remembered how to blow out the candle.  I love your little puffy cheeks ready to blow.  You had lots of help blowing out the 2 year old candle from your brothers.   

 

Here's the finished Potato head cookies we made

No smash cake for you ....you went in for a giant two year old boy bite! 

The Smile says it all....you had a blast!

Mr. Potato Head added a wife and son to the Tater family.

We celebrated two birthdays.  Poppa also had a birthday.  It was a big birthday.  He was 65.  All of us  wore plastic glasses, big noses and mustaches to look like Poppa. Imitation is the highest form of flattery so we all wanted to look just like him.   He loved having you and your brothers sing Happy Birthday to him.  I hope we can be at all your birthdays as they are always so much fun.

You are growing up so quickly.  You love doing puzzles and like doing the things your big brothers do.  Don't grow up to quickly....I don't want to miss anything.

We love you and pray for you every single day.


Your Diva and Poppa

My big boy

Dear Henry....

Diva got to spend a few days with you and Charlie Bear while your Daddy was out of town.  We had so much fun.  We played cars, worked puzzles, watched Handy Manny, made valentines, colored, read books, played games and sang silly songs.

You are growing up so quickly.  It seems like just yesterday you were a baby and now you act just as big as your brothers.

I love your blonde hair.  Your uncle Andy had blonde hair as a little guy.  Your grandmother told me that your daddy had blonde hair as a child also.  Everyone thinks you will be the boy most like your Dad.

Just know my sweet boy that you have awesome parents that love you so very much as well as 4 grandparents that pray for you and your brothers every day.

Stay sweet and don't grow till I come back.

Your Diva

Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas My Littlest Angel....

Here you are with your big brothers under the Christmas tree.  I must admit the three of you are my best Christmas gifts ever.  Poppa and I love spending Christmas with you.  We love to watch you get excited and open your gifts and spend time with the entire family.  

 This year we also got to spend Christmas with Auntie Becky and cousin Emma.  This is the first Christmas that Poppa and Diva have had all our grandchildren together .  All of you are building with Magna Tiles.  Poppa is a really good builder and you like having all his attention.  He keeps your brothers from taking all your tiles.  Building with Poppa is always a favorite activity of yours.

Auntie Rachel's Mommy and Daddy sent a huge container of different flavored popcorn.  All you liked it very much.  You are guarding it in this picture against the big kids.  The flavors were caramel, buttered, cinnamon, and regular.   Popcorn was a nice treat.

 We also made candy necklaces to wear to Christmas Eve Candlelight service.  Your brothers ate theirs during the service.  You would hand me the color you wanted next on the the string.  Your tongue turned bright blue from eating the candy beads.

 
Mommy and Auntie Becky let everyone decorate gingerbread houses with candy, frosting and lots of imagination.  You ate most of the decorations and they were delicious.

You are still pretty little so I'm sure you won't remember any of this day but your Diva and Poppa will never forget it.  We had lots of fun being with all of you. 

We pray that you will always celebrate the birth of Jesus and come to love him at an early age.  We pray for you every single day.

XOXO    Your Diva

The PJ line up

Dear Henry,

   It's almost Christmas and everyone is excited to see what kind of presents will be under the tree in the morning.  This is a special Christmas because Auntie Becky and Emma are here with us from Canada this year.  It is a special Christmas for Diva and Poppa also as we will have all our grandchildren together for Christmas

  All of you got new pajamas so here you are dressed up in front of the fire place showing them off. Emma is enjoying modeling and showing off her new pajamas (trust me, girls enjoy doing that). Oz got to wear the Santa hat so he is excited and showing off for Emma.  Charlie is standing up like a little soldier showing off his new pajamas (two seconds later he was modeling like Emma). You sweet Henry did not want your picture taken but did not want to go to bed either.

This picture is preserved in my heart and in my memory as being one of the best Christmas' so far.  Know that your Poppa and Diva have full hearts to be so blessed by our grandchildren.


Your Diva and Poppa