Henry-isms

Henry has a pretty good vocabulary, but recently he's started adding inflection and has a pretty good sense of humor about things.  Here's just a few of his recent remarks:

I handed him money and said "Here's your Jesus money.  Please give it to Miss Madison when you get to church."  He looked at the bill, flipped it over and proclaims "Jesus money?  I don't see Jesus on this!" Mike and I busted a gut laughing at him.

"Holy cow!" anytime he sees something cool or unusual.

He calls one of his teachers "Pretty Miss Katie."  I think she's his first big girl crush as he blushes and sports his dimple (he only has one, on his left cheek) when you ask about her.

Mike was saying prayers with him a couple of nights ago and he was telling Henry that it was better to be happy and have joy in his heart. Mike asked him if he knew what joy was and Henry replied "Joy?  Joy the teacher that lives at my school?"  Ha ha! So know he knows that Joy is not only a teacher at his school (she doesn't actually live there, which makes me wonder if he thinks everyone else lives there too....) but that we can have joy in our hearts.

When leaving for a business trip last week, I asked him to come outside and give me hugs and kisses before I got on the airplane.  With the most naive and precious voice, he asked "Is the airplane outside?" I nearly died from the cuteness.

Every time I talked to him while on my trip he would ask me "Are you still on your trip, Mommy?"  I guess he couldn't have enough reassurance that I was still indeed on this trip he kept asking about.  When my flight was rerouted to Houston, I called them from the tarmac to let them know the update.  Henry asked if I was at the airport and I told him that I was at an airport but not at the same one he was at.  He asked where I was and Mike told him "She landed in Gotham City."  Henry's response was a very puzzled "What?"  His Daddy is responsible for a majority of his corruption.

Mike gave him a haircut last night for today's picture day and we might have overdone it with the excitement that he was going to look so handsome when we were finished. I put him in the bathtub after his haircut and he exclaimed, "Mommy, I look GOOD!" The grin on his face priceless. Yes baby, you do look good!

At least once a day, he will start a sentence with "When I get bigger...."

He's still 100% convinced that Uncle Hugh pushed Mommy out of that airplane.

When he doesn't get his way, you're no longer his best friend.   Of course within minutes of crushing your heart, he will boldly proclaim that you're his best friend.  Oh and he's very generous with the "I love you's" and smiles and laughs when he says it.  Nothing makes you feel loved quite like that.

Yesterday, he took his backpack to school and while we were walking to the car, he started loudly singing "Old MacDonald had a BACKPACK!" He was cracking up at himself and begged to call his Daddy so he could sing it to him.  He's quite the entertainer.

When Ruby asks him "How much does Granny love you?" he spreads his arms way up high and beams "This much!"

Never dull when Henry's around, that's for sure!