Damon: Daddy, after I'm Buzz Lightyear, and Alex, then I want to be a knight in shining armor.

Daddy: Really?

Damon: Yeah. But I don't want to do girlie stuff?

Daddy: What's "girlie stuff"?

Damon: Princesses. I don't like princesses.

(Alex is the lion from the movie Madagascar)

Idaho
First up are photos from the trip Damon and I took to Idaho to spend time with the family. Click the photo to see the rest of the pictures.

While we were there, we also rented a tag-along bike that Damon rode on with his Papa and had a great time. Here's short video I took:

Damon on the bike from Chris Henry on Vimeo.

The Orange County Fair
Last week, we went to the OC Fair for the afternoon. Click the image below for more pics.

I didn't see my shoes this morning, and rather than looking for them, I enlisted Damon's help. He loves finding things, and it seemed like a win-win situation.

Turns out my shoes were sitting on the floor next to me, but out of my line of sight. Damon points them out to me, then says, "Daddy, you should look down there before asking me to help you find things."

Good point.

Daddy: "Damon! What are you doing?"
Damon: "Playing monkey. I want to get up into the tree"

I'd seen him trying to climb up the trunk several times already, and I guess he'd decided that he needed a leg up.

We put the stroller back, and I gave him that one little boost that he needed and he climbed up into the tree. He even climbed down. The second and third times up the tree, he was able to do it much more quickly, but did get himself wedged in and had to be "rescued".

The first thing he wanted to do when Mommy got home was run outside (in the rain) to show her how he could climb the tree and after that first little bit of help from me, he scampered up it like he was born to it.

Any bets on how long the "you can only climb the tree when Mommy or Daddy are helping you" rule will hold?

Enjoy.

(video taken in December 2007)

Santa!	Piling Snow on Baron	Nana & Damon
At Grace's School	Cousins	Papa & Grace
Papa & Damon	Daddy & Damon	At the Park with Alana
Christmas morning with Rena and Alana	Stockings	Rena and Elmo
Lightning and Mater	At Disneyland	Hanging out with Maya
On Small World	New Shirt

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Theodora Irene Henry, Teddi, went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 23, 2007, where she was reunited with her parents and her husband Bill.

"Dear Old Girl"
This song title from long ago well describes our mom. All who knew her, remember her in this way. She has sponsored many, many good and happy memories wherever she went during all of her ninety years.

She is survived by her four children: Dan (Ann), Bob (Janice), Tony (Mary), and Kathy (Doug). She was blessed with 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and many dear friends. We will miss you, our, dear Mom, Grandma, Great-Granny and Friend.

There will be a memorial service for Teddi at the First Baptist Church in Boise, Idaho on Jan. 9, 2008 at 11 a.m.

Published in the Idaho Statesman on 12/26/2007.

Amazon and Home Depot gift cards are always welcome as well.

Clothes
Damon's currently wearing size 3T clothes and kids size 11 shoes.

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Edit:
Damon's also still into Buzz Lightyear, Cars, Diego, Dora. He also is still very into dinosaurs.

From SierraTradingPost.com (800.713.4534):
10812 Faith Soft Shell Jacket, Color (27)black/white size 4 $104.95
98769 Toe Warmers (6 pair)$7.70
51453 Silver Embossed Leather Belt size S $39.95
10520 Kharma Mules color (35)wine size 6 $49.95
59403 Faux Chinchilla Slippers color (35)wine size S $19.95

From SundayAfternoons.com (888.874.2642)
Cricket Sun Hat, size medium , any color

I've got some photos and videos to share of stuff that happened this summer.

Photos:

Videos:
This first video is some misc. clips from the summer that starts with some clips at the pool, some random dancing, clips from his swim lessons, and ends with a trip to the zoo with Caesar.

The last video is from our trip to Disneyland on Friday. We haven't been since March or April, so it was a lot of fun. The best part, for me, was that he's now big enough to go on the big kid rides. So we did Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and he totally loved it. We also did Autopia for the first time, which he totally loved.

The video first has clips of Damon driving the car in Autopia. Next, I taped him on the Go-Coaster. Finally, I included the clip I took last October of him on the Go-Coaster so you could see the different facial expressions.