Brady's Payback, (I mean playdate)!

Henry's friend, Brady, came over with his parents, Cynthia and Keith the other night. Henry and Brady go back a long way as you will soon discover.

The evening was so much fun. Henry shared some of his books,

... and his trains. Okay, when it comes to his trains, I use the word share loosely.

This is still a work in progress.

Brady says, "I know exactly what Henry is doing behind me. He's trying to get my attention by being a goofball. I am going to totally ignore him."

"Hmm, hmm, hmmm, I do not see you Henry"

Later, in the kitchen the boys get in touch with their inner-iron chef...
Look how they're concentrating.

Actually, you may think that Brady is focused on the art of gingerbread boy making, but, oh no no no. Our friend has a memory like a steel trap. He is devising a sinister plan of revenge. For, it was not so long ago...18 months ago, to be precise......

...a certain 6 month-old burst into HIS HOME and took over HIS TOYS!

"He's just a baby, Brady." "He doesn't know any better Brady." "It's okay Brady, you can share."
And as if that wasn't enough, "Oh, let him chew on your toes Brady, he's teething...isn't it cute?"

Brady says, "I will remember this."

Which brings us back to the other night. Brady is really thinking to himself, okay, this kid is 2 years old now with a full set of teeth. No more excuses. I can take him...


So Brady does a quick fake-out by pretending to drop a raisin. Henry loses his focus...

...takes his eyes off his men...aaaaand, BINGO, Brady goes in for the steal!

"Ah ha ha ha ha, I don't know what you're eating Henry, but I got one of your eyes!"

Sweet victory!

And at the end of the evening...the ultimate...the fake-out kiss!

In all seriousness though, these boys love each other and cuddled up to watch Peter Pan!
The next day, Henry thought he would show off his Gingerbread boy!

"Mmmm, yum"

We have actually been reading The Gingerbread Boy which is what prompted me to make the cookies. Henry has become quite particular about which books we will read at bedtime (he gets three). It is so funny, I will ask him what he would like to read and he will say, "How 'bout boy?" (Gingerbread Boy), "How 'bout Cold Beer?" (Corduroy Bear), "How 'bout Race Cars?" , "How 'bout Saur Loves You (How Dinosaur's Say I Love You-thank you Paul and Elaine), "How 'bout Billy's Bucket?" (his current fav).

Anyway, back to Gingerbread Boy-I'm not sure which version I got but it seems a bit violent. I'm not about to censor it or anything, it just seems funny that at the end the fox goes 'snip-snap' and bites the gingerbread boy in half, then 'snip-snap' and gobbles the rest of the gingerbread boy. Now Henry runs around the house going, "snip-snap, yum!" Is that okay? Child psychologists (Cynthia), feel free to weigh in... And oh, by the way, Cynthia, if there is a problem with this, remember that your son stole an eyeball off my son's gingerbread boy!
Enjoy!
Well. I was going to entertain you with a video clip (I know, awwww...), however blogspot is having technical difficulties. Stay tuned...