Henry's vocabulary has taken off lately. His receptive skills are growing by leaps and bounds, and he also is gaining more expressive verbal abilities. One of Henry's favorite things to do is identify his body parts when you call them out. He also likes to point them out on Mommy and Daddy. His repertoire, so far, is: head, hair, eyes (he responds by squinting them!), ears, nose (when you ask him where his nose is he likes to pretend that he's blowing it), mouth, teeth, tongue (here he pants like a dog), hands, fingers, belly, feet, and toes.
One evening Henry and Daddy were reading a bedtime story (hence the reason for the pants-less Henry in the photos below). This particular book, Horns to Toes and in Between, is a crowd favorite in this house. The book identifies many body parts on the animals who are its subject.
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| Ignore the pink walls. Two girls lived in this house before. You should see the Pepto Bismol pink hall bathroom. Painting is on the agenda. |
One of those body parts? Tummy, of course! Henry had to show his off.
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| Look at that buddha belly!! |
And then, it was time to
torture play with Rowan and engage in some more bedtime delay tactics. Oh, how we love this boy!
