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Henry is very big into whales right now. I'm not sure what triggered the obsession, probably something he noticed during the 1 millionth viewing of "Finding Nemo". Since talk of Halloween generally kicks off in our household sometime in mid-August, which is when all of this talk of cetaceous creatures hit a fevered pitch, Henry was very emphatic about wanting to go as a whale. Then, approximately three seconds after I hit the "Place order" button on the Costume Express website, Henry informed me that he wanted to be a kettle drum. Naturally. About a week later the costume arrived on our doorstep and became Henry's best friend, thus proving my point that Henry is big into whales right now, which meant that when I came across fabric at JoAnn Fabrics that had blue and green whales swimming all over it, I had to buy some. Today I made him some pants with it. You could feel the excitement in the air. Henry watched the entire process with fascination.

Okay. Here's the thing. This entry is getting really long and I'm waxing verbose and at this rate it'll be twenty years before I get to the point so I'm just going to say it and get it over with. My mom and I started a pirate duck bathrobe for Henry when my parents were here visiting in August. I finished it about two weeks ago. Henry refused to wear it. Ever. Then, for whatever reason, while I was making the whale pants, Henry was suddenly very interested in the bathrobe too. He wanted to wear both of them together. So he did. And I took pictures. Here they are:

He refused to take off the robe so all you get is a little glimpse of the whale pants sticking out from underneath the bathrobe. This is the outfit he wore this evening to walk the dog. In public. I really, *really* wish that I'd brought the camera along for that expedition.