the education of henry

Water Baby

2012-07-03

Since the 4th of July is on a Wednesday this year, we celebrated early by going to the lake for the weekend.

But first, a few pictures from before we left

Mommy, Gus doesn't eat food. Why is he in my chair?

Hi everyone!

Henry the bandit.

Are you taking my picture?

I'm number one!

And now for the lake pictures:

My first boat ride with Jane and Joan.

Never thought I'd be on a boat...

After the boat ride I had some lunch and I was really really hot - so Mommy and Daddy took me to see Great-grandma Muriel and Great-grandpa Les. They had air conditioning. Once I cooled down, we went back to the lake and Mommy and Daddy had a surprise for me...

Uh...guys...this isn't my bathtub and I still have my clothes on.

Cold cold cold!
(That's Jenny in the background.)

Me and Daddy enjoying the lake and the nice cool water...

...until Mommy jumped in! With her clothes on!

Hi, Mommy. Your clothes are all wet.

Having fun in the water with Mom and Dad.

Auntie Kara and Uncle Josh and Matt and Jenny stayed at the lake to camp. We went back to Great-grandma and Great-grandpa's house for the night. Great-grandpa called my playpen a "nest" and Daddy thought that was funny. Now Daddy calls it a nest all the time.

Before I went to bed, Daddy gave me a bath - my first bath in a regular tub without a smaller tub sitting inside it.

I better not see a picture of my naked butt on the Internet....

Daddy slept in the same room as me and I slept all night long. In the morning I was up before everyone, so I was ready to play when Great-grandma Muriel woke up.

Lemme see that cup...

I really like this book.

See, Great-grandma, there's a motorcycle on this page.

Off to show someone else the motorcycle.

Discussing the best way to load a car carrier with Great-grandpa Les.

Working on our loading technique.

Great-grandpa trying to fit one more car in.

That's it for the pictures, but not for the fun.

We went back out to the lake and I went back in the water for a while. The water was much colder on Sunday, but it was fine once I got used to it. We got to see people again, and I played with baby Lila for a while (but we forgot to take a picture). We left to go back to Grandma Wynne and Grandpa Al's about mid-afternoon to pick up Duke. We were all so tired when we arrived we deiced to spend the night instead of going the rest of the way home.

And that's about all for last week: my first boat ride, my first time in the lake, and my first time in a regular bathtub.

Take care everyone - come back next week for the next installment of my adventures!

Bonus Video

Swimming in the lake!

Playing with Daddy and Great-grandma Muriel.