The Truth About Henry

Henry is our 5th child. He was born with big chubby cheeks and a calm soul. He is full of laughter, hugs and spirit. Henry is now close to 3 ( December 7) and things have changed drastically..... He is now sneaky, devious, and just plain naughty. The other day, he tested me to the limit. He snuck out of his bed, flooded the bathroom and then pee pee all over the kitchen floor.... then rubbed his body in it.

I wanted to laugh and cry!!

My father- who is so very talented with story writing.... wrote this great story of what REALLY happened!! It should give you a GREAT laugh! Peace and love my friends.

On one particular smokey afternoon in Wenatchee, Henry Tucker decided that the time had come to further the education of his Mom in the art of child raising. Waking from an obviously sound nap, young Henry scurried down stairs to try to help his always over-burdened Mom. Finding that she was nowhere to be seen, he undertook the mundane task to letting in the family dog, we will call  her Abby,  because it was obvious that she needed to be inside or risk death by smoke inhalation. Much to Henry’s surprise, Abby, over come by smoke,  proceeded directly to the kitchen where she made a big pee-pee puddle on the floor.

Deeply concerned, Henry recognized that a good deed had gone terribly wrong. Suddenly, a wave of anxiety passed over him. What if Mom didn’t recognize that this was all Abby’s doing? Mom would blame him, and realize her child raising skills had deteriorated and all her teaching and training had been in vain. Henry couldn’t bear to have his Mom in such a state, so he quickly set upon a plan. I will leave a note so she will know what really happened here and her self-esteem will be saved.

Henry looked around. No pen, no paper, not even a color. In his desperation, Henry would take it upon his self to sacrifice for the family. I will write a message in the pee-pee and Mom’s delicate mental balance will be saved. Disgusting as it was, Henry proceeded to leave his message. There was an unexpected downside to his good deed however, this stuff smelled. Henry realized that he would have to bath to remove the odor from his hands and other parts of his body that had the tiniest drops slashed on him in his exuberance to help his Mom.

Henry proceed upstairs, to his great-grandmothers bathroom. Yes, this would be the perfect spot, won’t tie up the main bathroom…always have to think of others you know. Henry carefully undressed, and proceeded to turn on the water…and then it happened…earthquake!!! Water splashed to and fro all over the bathroom…water pressure exploded sending even more water into the bathroom. Henry fought furiously, finally getting the water under control as the water pressure and earthquake subsided. Henry took a long look around. Sure there was a small amount of excess water around, but he had saved the house from sure disaster. Mom would certainly understand after all he had saved her mental health and probably the homestead.

Wait…I think I hear her coming now! Boy, is she ever going to be mad at that dog…