Is he patronizing me?
Henry won't go downstairs in the morning unless you go with him, possibly because he thinks if he goes down alone, who knows how long it'll be before someone comes down to cater to his every whim. One shudders to think... The other morning I was making beds (ha!) and putting dirty clothes in the laundry hamper (as if!) while Henry patiently waited for me at the top of the stairs. Finally he piped up with the following: "Mom, c'mon... Hey! Mom! C'mon! Mommy, c'moonnnn... Mommy! C'mon!" and when I finally wandered over and started going downstairs with him, I got: "Good girl, mommy, good girl!" This happens to be pretty darned close to what we say to Flash whenever she pees on command in the backyard, and I'm not so sure what I think about that.
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Lol, that cracks me up! I showed Thomas a picture of Henry on Flickr yesterday, at first he thought it was himself, then "It's Henry, Mommy!" We miss you guys!
Oh, and Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Karen | October 22, 2008 12:00 PM
So what if he is patronizing you?!?! It is pretty darn cute...and you may as well get used to it now so you are not offended when he is 12, and then 18, and then 22.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Posted by: Megan | October 22, 2008 01:34 PM
Karen: Last night while tucking him in, I went through a list of people and asked Henry if he loved them. I went through you and Thomas and then asked if he loved baby Beth and he was all "Who's that?" Pretty funny. We miss you guys too!
Megan: I will so be offended when he's patronizing at 18, but by then I'll be able to throw him out of the house.
Thanks for the "Happy birthdays"!
Posted by: Jenn | October 22, 2008 02:16 PM
could be worse, he could say good girl when you pee on the potty.
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: phoebe | October 22, 2008 02:38 PM
Guess what Henry said to me an hour ago right after I used the bathroom? I'm not even making it up.
Posted by: Jenn | October 23, 2008 06:47 PM