Hank's big boy underwear

This past week, my mom and I flew to D.C. to take Merli and Hank to see the Galloways and the Merli's. We had an absolutely wonderful time and it was really good to see everyone. Aunt Cynthia went all out with play-doh, bubbles, a kiddie pool, books, and lots of fun activities to keep Hank busy. The Letsche's drove down to see us for an overnight, which was so fun and crazy since Danielle is heading off to college (she was 12 when I got married- are you kidding me????). Then we got to spend a few days with the Galloways and we hit it right because Uncle Gerry was in town the entire time. Too funny. He and Hank walked around with their imaginary baby wombats and Uncle Gerry might actually have convinced Hank that the Cookie Monster is not bad, but very nice indeed. (I was worried about Hank having an imaginary baby wombat, until I found out that Uncle Gerry also has one, and he didn't turn out so bad, so I am no longer worried).

Anyway, funny story to share: Laurie Chadwell had all the local Galloways over for a BBQ on Sunday afternoon, which was really nice. Well, Hillary's daughter, Tess, is a month younger than Hank and so cute. She and Hank were buds, following each other around all day and playing. So all the ladies and Hank were sitting around the dining room table eating ice cream and discussing the fact that Tess wears Dora the Explorer big girl panties since she's almost potty-trained. And Kathy Galloway turned to Hank and asked him what kind of panties he wears. And Hank looked up from his ice cream and very indignantly declared to the room, "I not wear panties! I have a penis!" And then he returned to the important job of eating his ice cream.