Birthday fun

Last weekend for Scott's birthday we went on another boat ride with some friends.  The weather was great and company fun ensuring that the adventure was successful.  Oddly, Henry fell asleep on the drive to the boat and ended up taking a hearty nap well into the boat ride.  Jaffe, one of Henry's best buddies who's about 1 month younger, was very concerned that Henry would miss the whole experience but luckily after about 45 minutes on the river he woke up. You can imagine his utter surprise and mirth at waking up on a "motor boat" with all of his friends.
Scott snapped a great photo of Kingfishers perched on a tree pretty far away:

 Goats on a boat

 Some serious cooking must have taken place

 Henry and Scott with their "matching" hats

 Henry and Jaffee, the boy in the front right, play together just about every day.  Henry's been cracking us up lately because whenever we ask him about a scratch or little owie he'll say "hit Jaffe" as if it resulted from running into Jaffe even if he hasn't seen Jaffe in a few days.  We find this funny not just because he blames everything on running into Jaffe but also because they play together great and besides an expected collision every so often they tend to focus on balls, bikes, and other games that don't involve contact.

 

I mentioned before that Henry has become more and more excited about meeting his baby brother.  The other morning as I was getting ready for our morning walk he disappeared into his room for a little bit. He returned with his "baby brother" who he was happy to find out could come on the walk with us.  After the walk he put the baby to sleep in the foot rest area of the stroller. He hasn't really played with the doll before or after that morning but it was super cute while it lasted.

 We went to a St Patrick's Day party today complete with green drinks, green food in the BBQ buffet and green desserts.  Just our luck that the first rain of the year fell while we were at the party - without an umbrella and looking forward to our walk home.  After about 2 hours, when the rain eased up a bit, we headed home and were "thrilled" to see how much water was lingering on the street.  The thrill was made all the better since the power was out during our walk and we had only the light from our mobile phone to help us avoid the huge puddles.  Can't wait for monsoon season!. Unfortunately I didn't take too many photos at the party but I did get one of Henry gnawing on a chicken leg.