Henry and Agatha, tips for users

I'm off to Paris tomorrow for 16 days.  Wow!  Or should I say, mon dieu!  My French, she's not so good, but I've got to knuckle down and give it a go in the archives anyway.  I did request an orientation session from a librarian at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and she emailed today, asking (in French) if it was all right for my session to be conducted in French.  Since I feel like a schmuck for not speaking better French, it's France, and I'll be researching things written in French, I felt like the only response was the one I gave: "Oui, Madame."  So wish me luck!  (I will nod a lot and write lots of things down.)
   My children were so darling and sweet and funny all day today!  It will make parting even harder.  At bedtime I was trying to read to Aggie and Henry in her room, and she was incredibly antsy and squirmy.  I told her we could put her pj's on and then read, but she squirmed away, so I let her go with only one arm in the pj's.  After a few minutes, I guess she decided she was ready to read because she carefully draped the pj's over her head and crawled over to join us.  Henry just about died laughing.  It was pretty funny! 
  So Michael and Gran, I know you know everything there is to know about caring for Henry and Agatha, but I can't resist giving a few more helpful tips, insider knowledge, before I go.  I decided to put it in the blog because, well, it does say something about where we are at this moment (although it's probably superboring also):
* Agatha loves to read a little bit in her room before bed.  She likes to take all her clothes off and scramble all around, greeting all her possessions, and then read.  Her favorite book right now is Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree.  I put several of the best baby storybooks in her yellow toy box.
* Henry still sometimes pees in the bed.  We have two waterproof pads that we put on top of the sheet (extras in the bathroom closet).  If he wets, just change his clothes, pull off the pad, and go back to bed.  In the morning, you can put the fresh pad on and launder the other one.  
* Aggie likes to eat: pre-chewed red pepper, Ryvita crackers, dried figs; animal crackers; oatmeal blobs (cooled, congealed oatmeal made in the microwave); canned beans; and pretty much whatever you're having for dinner.  
* Henry's bedtime ritual is: movie time (no milk), pee, pjs, in-bed toothbrushing, lights out.  Aggie's bedtime ritual is: naked scramble and maybe read (see above), nurse, then lay her down on her side in the crib, facing the wall, with the pacifier, and put her pink fleece blanket alongside her to snuggle.  She likes to be warm, so these cool nights I've been putting two blankets on her (in addition to the fleece).  I've also been putting that square, small pink swirly-soft blanket down under her head, so the sheet isn't too chilly on her little cheek.
* You guys will have to figure out what to do without nursing.  Maybe warm milk in the sippy cup, some snuggling, then the pacifier.  Mornings will be the hardest, I think, because she's used to nursing and dozing for about 30 minutes when she wakes up.  I would go downstairs right away to start the day, or maybe even outside, to get her over that part.
* In his lunch, Henry usually takes some combination of: fruit, dried fruit, nuts, animal crackers.  If we have bread, he likes a molasses sandwich.  He likes to take his blue straw cup with water in his backpack. 
* Dressing Agatha is sometimes my main creative outlet for the day!  She has so many cute clothes.  Top drawer is shirts, middle is pants and sweaters, bottom is dresses/outfits.  Her tights and shoes are in one pull-out bin, and pjs are in the other.  Have fun!
* Henry dresses himself now, completely.  I declared defeat yesterday, and decided to let him wear whatever he wants to school (except pjs or something like that).  He knows where his jackets, mittens, and hats are, and beyond reminding him that he might want a coat or sweatshirt, I've decided to just let him wear shorts in 50 degree weather if he wants to.  
* Agatha often poops a little while after she wakes up, so I usually don't change her right away, hoping to save us all an extra diaper change.
* Agatha loves birds, the sky, and the outdoors.  When in doubt, put her in the Bjorn and take a walk.
* I bought a few treats (new clay, workbook, pencils) for Henry when you need a boost.  They are on the top shelf of our bedroom closet.  
* Agatha likes to unpack anything, and to get inside anything she can (i.e., a great time for her is to take everything out of the art drawer and then climb inside it).
* Henry will play for a long, long time in his room with his legos and pirates, but he does like you to check in with him now and then and praise his "set up" (a term he got from Michael's still life painting!).
* Please email me every day and tell me how it's going!