Henry and Charlie: JUNE-JULY 2009

Henry & Kyle

We all took a trip out to Ventura to visit our friends Heather, Hume, and their son Bastian. We had a nice day at a playground by the seaside, but not without incident. With the prophetic last words from Nicole, "make sure he doesn't get wet" since Henry was in full clothes, I walked Henry along the seashore. We got a little too close to the ocean, trying to dodge the waves. I actually tripped from the force of the undertow, sending Henry face first into his first taste of salt water. Yeah, I felt like a jerk of a dad, and Henry felt pretty wet. I guess all good days must come to an end.

The top food pick of the month...Smooothie! It's been a pretty hot summer, so this cool treat was a no brainer. cool treat. Henry has also become a finicky eater, so we've been sneaking in a lot of greens into his smoothies. It's really quick and easy. Literally throw it all in a blender, and presto. Liquid Lunch!

*Basic ingredients: 2-3 Icecubes, 1/2 cup Milk, 1/2 cup Yogurt, handful of mixed fruit (frozen or fresh berries, plus add 1/2 a Banana for more sweetness), and then any leafy greens of choice...they'll never know what hit them! (a handful of baby spinach has been working well for us). Optional ingredients: 1 Tbl of Honey, 1 scoop of Brown Rice Protein powder or a Tbl of peanut butter (or almond butter). Makes 2 servings! YUM!!!!

There's a new Peekaboo Playland that just opened over on Colorado, right near The Coffee table. I've never been to the original location, but I hear this is one is much bigger. It's got huge, loft sized ceilings, with spacious natural light that comes in off the street and from the skylights. There's a couple of rooms off of the main floor, a kitchen and a reading room, so you can get away from the din of reverb when it gets a bit loud and busy with kid traffic.

Pajama time with Henry & Inga! Lately he's been into wearing towels around the house, keeping in the fashion styles of little Edie from Grey Gardens, or maybe he's off to do some dragon fighting.

By the power of greyskull....

Hanging out with Molly

Henry bear hugging/smothering Olive, our incredibly submissive, patient cat.

Rehearsing for that Carnegie Hall standing ovation.

Jumping into the pool with mommy @ The Rose Bowl, Pasadena.

Henry & Keaton

Chilling out in the reading nook.

Save the sharks...and the brooms!

Henry's favorite ride of the day...Dumbo! I might add, this was on my birthday, and Henry's first time experiencing DisneyLand. It was on a Monday, but still pretty crowded. We waited in line for the Dumbo ride for about 45 mins, but Henry was so excited, he enjoyed every 4 minutes of the ride while it lasted.

A personal favorite ride of mine, It's A Small World. I feel like I'm inside Wayne Coyne's head when I ride through here, slipping through the seamless psychodelic segways of children singing from different nationalities, the same song, over and over. I can't get enough!

Just a small aside, I am not really pro Disney, but we got a chance to get some free passes, so I thought, why not? I think for all the waiting in lines and walking around, for the few hours we were there, I think Henry got just enough of a taste to enjoy it.