A Bedtime Prayer, by Harrison

Each night, we ask Harrison what he would like to thank God for and what he would like to ask God for help with.  Sometimes it's a struggle for him to find anything (and often those nights we end up thanking God for his bed or his bedspread or his pillow or something that's right in front of him when it's time to come up with something).  One night, though, Harrison had it all planned out -- no prompting necessary...

Harrison : "Dear God, thank you for beer and please help me not to drink it until I am older."

Mama : "Amen."

Some Most-Excellent Harrison-isms

• "Crackle Barrow" -- That place where we went for breakfast one time and Hewitt ate 4 biscuits.  Also, it had a big fire (in the fireplace).
• "Hashbrownies" -- 3-year-old-speak for hashbrowns; Amsterdam-speak for something completely different.
• "Mama, can you please fold my panties?" -- Mama, can you please cuff my pants?
• "Small shrimps" -- Tiny shrimps (not krill, as Mama suggested they might be called).
• "If you're doing upside down dog in bed, it makes it hard to do pushups" -- Not sure if this is a reference to the yoga pose known as "downward dog" or if he's talking about Dog (his cuddler) literally being upside down.  Either way, I agree that it is difficult to do pushups in bed -- regardless of these other factors.

Back In The Wheelbarrow!

Killing It At Boggle!

"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas..."

 Testing the lights

No telling what this kid is doing

Choreographed dancing

 Carefully selecting the ornament he'll hang

Crushing his carefully selected ornament

The little Charlie Brown tree gets bigger every year!

Why Did Dada Rake Up All These Leaves?

So we could get in 'em, of course!

Just a cute one -- a hand-holding train :)

Fall Photos

Hewitt and his hot air balloon

Doing some upside down wheelbarrowing

 

 Sweet smiles

Look at that eyebrow pop!

Action shot!

Brothers in a tree house

Dada, Hewitt, Mama, Harrison, Aunt Katy, Cousin Mallory, Uncle Brian, Grandmama, and Grandaddy

 Cousins!

Hewitt's best smile of the day

Harrison's best smile of the day

Einh... These Things Happen

At least they weren't trying to flush the bathmat this time (which also has happened)...

Superboy!

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap this tall Lego tower in a single bound... It's SUPERBOY.

Just Snacking on Some Broccoli...

The stems.  Raw.  Because we couldn't wait for Mama to cook it.  What kids' mom craved cold, steamed broccoli when she was sub-letting her belly to them?  These guys...

Little Baby Strong Man

Look at that huge smile!

Fall at the Botanical Gardens

We all headed over to the Botanical Gardens for the afternoon to find the scarecrow that Harrison's class had made and to take some beautiful family photos.  We accomplished one of those goals -- the other was a bit too lofty...

 The "scare-ton" (scarecrow + skeleton), as Harrison calls it

Harrison posing on a toadstool

 Hewitt and his chosen pumpkin

Yay, pumpkins!

Harrison and his gourd

 The brothers

 Dada and Harrison on a stroll