Archive for the Misc Category

Inspecting the Merchandise

Posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 8:00 am

Henry really enjoys going out and about. He now insists on inspecting all merchandise placed into the cart.

Henry VanDyke at Home Depot

Henry decided this trip to Home Depot would be better in the back of the cart.

Riding TigerMan

Posted on Saturday, March 5th, 2011 at 2:26 pm

Henry is getting braver around Tigerman. Just this week he tried to ride him.

Thanks to Aunt TM for filming this!

Squeeze Play

Posted on Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 1:55 pm

Henry constantly makes us laugh but one night in the bathroom he decided to start making a face whenever we told him to squeeze something. We thought it was hilarious. Hopefully you’ll enjoy a chuckle or two too.


Henry has a cousin!

Posted on Monday, January 24th, 2011 at 8:00 am

We’re thrilled to announce that Henry will have a cousin in May! Jackson VanDyke is expected to join his parents Uncle Chuck and AJ in May but we got a sneak peak via Jackson’s blog at jacksonvandyke.com.

No new chair for Henry

Posted on Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 10:13 pm

Occasionally we see something really neat and think how fun it would be for Henry to have it. Often that is quickly followed by reality setting back in. For example we saw this chair at Ikea recently but then we realized that Henry doesn’t sit still for more than 15 seconds at a time so a chair probably isn’t the best investment for him right now.

Chair for Henry

Henry tried all of the full size chairs too, just in case.

Snowy Sunday

Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 8:00 am

Dallas rarely gets snow so we tend to run around like chicken little when the sky starts falling. While Henry enjoyed watching the snow outside he was less sure about it up close. So, I ended up carrying him most of the time. Tigerman on the other hand loves the snow. He stayed outside sitting and laying in the snow for about 45 minutes.

Smoothie Henry

Posted on Sunday, January 9th, 2011 at 5:13 pm

I’m sure one of the parenting books we never read mentions something about never letting your child taste your smoothie. However, Henry has come to thoroughly enjoy the strawberry smoothies from Starbucks. It can even tear him away from the foam tinged lid of Erin’s coffee.

Henry VanDyke drinks a Starbucks smoothy

Don't worry he only drank half of my smoothy, sometimes I'm not so lucky.

Big Smiles

Posted on Saturday, December 11th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Some pictures just make you smile.

Henry and James VanDyke

No his teeth haven't fallen out, this is just a little older picture.

Garden Gnome

Posted on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Sometimes we just use Henry to decorate gardens. Here he is beautifying his Granny’s.

Henry VanDyke in his Granny's garden

This gnome doesn't tolerate the rain or cold well so he's pretty much an indoor gnome until spring.

Our Little Frenchman

Posted on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 at 8:17 am

While Henry didn’t do much trick-or-treating this year we did find a few occasions to get him dressed up for Halloween. He went as a Frenchman and looked magnifique. We ordered his red beret on Etsy.com and it was talking a little longer to arrive than we expected. When it finally did arrive, we figured out what took so long – it came directly from Paris!