To the Thingamajigger

I recently stumbled across The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That on PBS Kids. Noah loves it, and I love Martin Short as the cat. It's a really cute show. Every episode the kids ask their mom if they can go to some random off the wall place. She always says yes, and the kids turn to the cat and say, "She said we can go!" And, the cat jumps up and down and says, "I know. I know." Noah has incorporated this in to his everyday requests. Just this morning he worked this out all by himself, "I want a lollipop. She said we could go... I know. I know." Nice try, buddy, but still no lollipops for breakfast.

Happy Birthday Seth

I can't forget to wish my super cute, super sweet nephew Seth the happiest of eight birthdays.

 Eight!  Weren't you just two like five minutes ago?

Or was that four?  I'm not sure, but seriously, how are you eight?!?

 We love you Seffie!

And, we hope you had a super fun laser tag party, and the happiest birthday ever!

Five Things Friday 11.05.10 - IPhone Photos and Random Stories

1.  Noah and I were outside swinging when I noticed a wasp on the swing set.  I said, "oh no, a wasp.  Hurry, hurry.  Let's go inside.  We need to spray it."  I pulled him off the swing, and we both ran indoors.  Noah took off running to my bedroom, and I was surprised he listened so easily.  Then he came out of my room carrying this...

Seriously, how cute is that?!  He got me some spray for the wasp. 

2.  Noah is loving all things Halloween since spending the entire month of October talking about it at school.  I asked him what the kids in his class wore as costumes.  As I gave him each child's name, he told me the costume.  A bat, Woody, and ummm... a penguin.  I included a note to his teacher the next day to fact check Noah's recall.  Her response was that he was right except for the penguin.  The little girl was really the "Cat in the Hat," but the teacher said that it could very easily be mistaken for a penguin. 

3.  Noah's teachers did some developmental testing at school, and one of the activities under fine motor was to see how many blocks Noah could stack.  The teacher did it over the course of 2-3 days, and she said Noah could stack 9-plus blocks.  She said she tested him several times, and she had to laugh because every time he started to stack he always put down two blocks at the bottom to stabilize the tower.  Good thinking Noah!

4. Noah dressed out a couple weekends ago for the LSU v. Auburn game.  Let's just say that if fan cuteness could improve Les Miles's coaching, LSU would so have won that game.

5.   All I can say about this picture is...  ♪♫ I study nuclear science.  I love my classes.  ♪♫  Can you name that tune?

Happy Friday!

Trick or Treat

Daddy and I are so proud of our big boy and his awesome night of trick or treating.  I think I have to give major credit to his school, because when I said it was time to trick or treat, Noah put on his costume and was out the door.

He rang doorbells, said trick or treat and thank you, and had the best time.

And, he got to spend it with his buddy Henry... the racecar driver.

Henry did a great job trick or treating too.  And, don't forget about his super cute little sis, Molly the cat. 

What a fun night of trick or treating!

Happy Halloween!

The Hunt for a Halloween Costume

Not to recreate last year's post on Halloween costumes, but I will say that again Noah is not a fan of costumes.  This year, I racked my brain to think of something easy and comfortable for him to wear.  My first choice was Super Why.  A cartoon character that he loves, and I think secretly wants to be.

Although, once I got it on him, he just wanted me to "take it off, take it off."

Next I thought of a cowboy, and I found this super cute horse for Noah to wear over his regular jeans and t-shirt, but once again he wanted me to "take it off, take it off."

Noah's school, which totally has it going on, asks for parent's to bring the children's costume in about two weeks before Halloween.  And, every afternoon, the kids dress in their costumes and practice trick or treating.  The deadline to drop of the costume was approaching, and I felt that I couldn't in good conscience send Noah to school with costumes he hated, so we had a discussion about it.  The discussion pretty much consisted of me suggesting costume ideas, and Noah saying he wanted a "spider costume."

I googled "spider costume," and I found this one.  I showed the picture to Noah, and he said, "Yes!  Spider costume."  I picked it up from the store, and wrote out a lengthy note to Noah's teacher about how it wasn't a big deal if he didn't want to wear it, and I could always find something else, and please let me know, and blah, blah, blah... and I dropped the costume off at school.  The couple days later I asked her how the trick or treating was going, and she said it was going great and Noah loved his costume.  Really?!?  I got to see it for myself yesterday at his Halloween party.

Hat and everything!!  What a cute spider!

Field Trip - The Pumpkin Patch

Noah's class took a field trip to the pumpkin patch last week.  The weather was great, and Noah loved being outdoors.  He was pretty excited about all the huge stacks of pumpkins. 

The class took a hayride to an on site playground, where the kids got to have a snack and do some playing.  Aside from car rides, Noah is not a big fan of rides of any kind.  He did however, stoically handle the ride to and from with his hand held in Mommas.  I think it was worth it because he really enjoyed the park. 

Unfortunately for Noah, the torture wasn't over since the next activity was to ride the train.  Again he handled it with no tears or fussing.  So proud of my little man. 

He did have a great time picking out his pumpkin.

And, he really, really loved seeing the goats.  What a fun field trip!

Five Things Friday 10.21.10 - What He Says

1.  While I was fixing breakfast one morning, Noah walks into the kitchen and says, "Hey Momma, what you doing?"  Strong work on the sentence structure, buddy!

2.  I hear him chatting over the monitor at 5:20 AM one morning.  He says in a spirited voice, "OK... it's time for (pause) walk-ing!"  Next thing I know, he's out his door headed for our bedroom.  At least, I had something to give me a chuckle that early in the morning.

3.  One morning this week, it was really foggy outside.  We walk out the front door and head to the car, Noah gets really excited about seeing the fog.  He starts to jump up and down says, "Ooooo... it's spoookky!"

4.  It always makes me laugh the songs he ends up getting stuck on.  This week it was randomly "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford.  I think we listened to it on repeat the entire 30 minute drive to school one day this week.  Good thing I like the song.  The best part is to hear him sing, "I sold my soul to the company store... doo, doo, doo, doo, do, do, do, doooo [and then he clicks his tongue until the next verse]"  So stinkin' cute.  I tried to get it on video, but it ended up being way too much of me singing.  Maybe I'll try again another time.

5.  Noah had picture day this week.  I snapped this shot by the front door.  Doesn't he look like such a big boy?!?  I used to be able to get him to smile and look by singing really loudly, "La la la la laaaaaaa."  Now he just sings it right back to me.  Guess I'll need to come up with a new trick.