Gamps comes to visit

We're having a great time here with my dad who came to visit for a 11 days. Since we traveled around the countryside during his last visit to Bangladesh (8 years ago!), we decided to stay in Dhaka during this trip. We're also taking advantage of the city being relatively calm during this Eid holiday week when it feels like half of the city's population leaves. We've been doing much of the same: playing at the playground, going swimming, going on walks, hanging out at our apartment, and, of course, watching Henry do his thing. And, we had to get in a sunglasses shot. Oh, and Henry has streamlined his bedtime routine; he pulled out a book that we haven't read in awhile and surprisingly could complete the sentences on the first 4 pages.

Henry has not ceased to entertain us. He surprised us the other day when he took his bouncy ball and walked over to his stroller and threw the ball in the seat, just like throwing a basketball in a hoop. After throwing multiple baskets that first time, he now loves to run with his ball to the stroller to throw a few more whenever we say "Go throw a basket" or if we just leave him alone to his own entertainment. I've even caught him doing a spin turn or two or a little dodge the (invisible) opponent shimmy before he shoots. Wonder where he gets the moves because we have never watched or played basketball in Bangladesh.  And, he's refined his ball throwing enough to keep Guinness entertained and ensure they'll play together for longer than a minute.

If you didn't grasp this from him playing basketball and fetch with Guinness, he's still quite obsessed with balls. Today at the Club we got stalled beside the tennis court when he spied a ball through the fence. After finally pulling him away we happened upon a ball in the grass that he held on to for quite a while. In the photo below, notice another white ball by my dad's feet.  Henry found that one somewhere else at the Club and carried it to the playground.

Here's something you might not do in the US: Henry killed a fly today in our apartment. About 20 minutes later we found him and Shobita playing with the dead fly flicking in around on the ground. Interesting...

I'm hoping to put together another installment during Gamps's visit. For those of you in Hurricane Irene's path, we hope that you're drying out!