Early Adventures of Sir Henry and Company

Excuses for more Henry photos

While we've collectively moved much of our online social life to Facebook, there are a big bunch of photos that I haven't got around to uploading there and figure, why not capture for posterity here. If anyone knows the rule for what goes on facebook and what goes on a blog, please tell us before the rules change again :-) you have five minutes, if that!

Here are a few shots from before Henry turned 4 that are at this point dated but still memorably cute:

He seems to sometimes be exuberant, as above, and at other times pensive/inquisitive, as below:

Of course there's no fun in posting pix of the lad being impossibly "stroppy" as they say round here - difficult and grouchy. All tolled we do manage to have quite a bit of fun.

..and act a little strange from time to time:

..the last shot is with his English cousins, whom in proud Havelock tradition he has quickly learned to worship.

This is where I'm supposed to offer wise and pithy observations about being Henry's dad... all I can say, is that when he volunteers out of nowhere, Daddy I love you to the moon and back! I know he's repeating something he heard somewhere, but I can ride on that for a week, easy. And when I say the same back to him, and see in his eyes and his little smile that he knows it's true all the way down to his bones... I know we're all going to be okay.

Henry videos

Here are a couple Henry videos from 2007...

Year Four in Motion

Henry's fourth year was marked by some tremendous upheaval as our family has moved to England.

Daddy took another 6 weeks to tag along from the US but set himself quickly to extracting some fun times and good laughs.

We have all definitely had some reflection and adjusting to deal with

....but we are managing to enjoy ourselves along the way

Walking around exploring Stafford Castle...

Lots of train rides!

and the odd roller coaster...

As always, we are learning new things

And charging forward to meet the future.

Double-H Year Three

HH continued in 2007 to explore all aspects of life, with zeal and gusto.
And he wants YOU to join him.

GENTLENESS was big on the list. Nice Bonkers!

At Denver's Western National Stock Show, pigs and cows amused.

Did I mention that kids like pigs and tractors? (please, not Dwight Yoakam?!?)

What ARE you talking about, Dad-dad?

Alternate fuel sources, continuing Henry's growth in environmental consciousness. Be green!

Footwear exploration

But who needs shoes when you have great friends?

Race to the white house?

I may have won the publisher's clearning house sweepstakes!

Disney love, baby. We had an amazing trip to Disneyworld in Orlando in October. Henry was utterly blown away and seeing Mickey through his eyes was a treasure.

Fearless sidekick daddy the fire-dog went to three parties dressed like this

Auditioning for the band? This boy IS the band.

We gonna rock this potty til the break of dawn!

We had a family reunion with the Havelocks in Vermont, August 2007 for John Havelock's 75th birthday. Henry loves his older cousins and still asks when we are going back to Ellis's house!