Foldenauer Reunion

Dear Henry,

So much time has passed I will do my best to catch things up! Mommy had a dumb cold sinus thing that left me with a lot of gunk in my head and a lack of energy to get things done this past week. I must also add that Papa was home with us all last week and I really could not see taking one minute away from spending time with him while I could. So... What have we all been up to?
What new tricks do you have? What new people have you met? I will try to answer these questions in the next few posts.

Now, let me get started....

A couple of weeks ago all of Crappaw Foldenauer's brothers and sisters came for a visit to Columbus. This is no small feat as the siblings cover the United States. From Washington, Wyoming, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia the wagons pulled in from all over. Only a couple of them had met you and the rest were super excited to see you. It was a fun filled couple of days with food, swimming, Molkky, and bb guns. Henry, you will soon learn that the Foldenauers' are as unique in their personalities as they are unique in their looks. You will spared the nose but I hope the sense of humour and innovative spirits don't escape you in the years to come.

Molkky became your Daddy's favorite game in quick time. I mentioned that the Foldenauers are innovative. As Daddy started to play everyone had an idea of how to adapt the stick so that he could easily participate.

The next time we went to Crappaw's he and Daddy tried out two or pins numbered 1-12 and each player has a throwing stick in which they take turns trying to hit down the numbered pins. Each player wants to make it to 50 first, avoiding going over 50 or taking three turns without hitting anything. It is easy to play with a lot of people and super fun. We joked about making you a miniature set to get you started early honing your skills. Crappaw did make Daddy a beautiful set out of table legs Great Uncle Don scavenged from a Holiday Inn remodel. Hey! You gotta do something with 100 table legs!

Not so safe but a lot of fun Crappaw tied a rope to the end of a raft and pulled people through the pool until he ran out of gas. You however are way too tiny yet to try this so you floated around for a very long time in your Bumbo. Great Auntie Glo enjoyed this time with you and spent a long time letting you pinch her nose with your toes and singing you funny songs.

It can be hard to get everyone together very frequently so it is always nice when everyone can make it. This is particularly true when several members of the family had some pretty serious medical conditions at the same time.

You were given lots of love and welcomed into the family with open arms. It was a fun time and Daddy and Mommy did not want to leave but we were in the middle of getting our new van and had to go to Indianapolis.

I can't wait for you to grow up and get to know this cast of characters.

Love, Mommy