Henry & Maddie

Nate & I try to share in the "drop off and pick up from school" duties (ok, he does WAY more than me, but is only because I work 1/2 way to the coast). Friday morning was my morning to bring the kids to daycare. We always drop Charlie off first, which is always uneventful (for Charlie, not for me) and then head the 6 blocks south to Henry's daycare. Friday, Henry and I pulled up to the Big House, I turned around to say "we're here!" and saw that he had his lower lip curled (pre-cry) and big croc tears welling in his eyes. This doesn't happen very often anymore, but when it does it just kills me. So, I did the only thing that has worked for he and I in the past, and crawled in the back seat and asked him if he wanted to sing a song. He said he wanted to sing Twinkle, Twinkle (which by the way, he apparently knows in German as well as English!) Before we get to the end of the second verse, Henry throws his arms in the air and screams "Maddie!" Maddie was getting out of the car across the street from us. School Drop-off crisis averted - Thank you Maddie. Henry runs out of the car and meets Maddie on the sidewalk with a huge bear hug. Jason, Maddie's dad, told me they greet each other like this everyday. Right then, I decided Henry found his "Winnie Cooper". They are so sweet with each other. She is an absolute tiny, petite, smart little whip. She is the tiny little thing that used to greet Nate when Henry was at the little house by saying "Hi Henry Barton's dad!" Mind you, she wasn't even 2 years old,  and she is super tiny so it used to throw Nate for a loop - she was a talking infant. After Maddie and Henry hugged and exchanged niceties, they ran off into the house. Maddie told Henry "we need to get our name tags" (I had no idea what they were talking about). They both went to their cubbies and took their name tags off the wall. I asked Henry what he needed to do with his name tag and he told me that "I put it on the fireplace". I was like ???? (This is how the teachers know the kids have checked  in) The both stuck their name tags to the fireplace, except Henry's was upside down. Maddie and I both told Henry to turn it around, but he didn't understand what we were saying, so Maddie went up and flipped Henry's the right way and then ran off to play. After Maddie left, Henry went up to Maddie's and flipped hers so it was upside down....oh Henry. 

Here is a pick from after work on Friday - Henry filling some very big shoes! He loves to wear our shoes....

Sweet baby Charlie having a relatively good eye-goober day! He was on the move right here!
Charlie eating dinner - but could not focus because he had the major GIGGLES! 
Breakfast on Saturday - oatmeal and pears..MMMmmmm! Not such a good eye day today! By the way - Charlie slept through the night! YEA!
Here is Henry pushing his Cars fold up chair around. He put his "Halloween Snow Globe" on the chair and calls it a stroller. He scrapes that thing back and forth through the dining room over and over...I've said it before, we pick our battles. 
The boys are sleeping right now, but we will be heading down to Aurora OR this afternoon for a Fall Festival at my boss' boss house. He has a farm and will be having cider pressing, animals, bluegrass band and lots of food. Hope we'll get some good pics from the party. Love, B