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It amazes me how Noah and Harrison, at such a young age, can have an understanding of Jesus and prayer. Noah is just like his Dad. He makes sure that everyone has his hands folded for prayer, and Harrison is all about the Amen!
What touches my heart is how at bedtimes, Harrison will insert various people to thank God for. Last night he thanked God for uncle Bob about 5 times. Noah has a real concept of Jesus, at least as real as a 3 year old can have. He is loving the Bible stories, especially Jonah and the Big Fish. It’s hilarious to a 3 year old that a fish would spit out a man. And he cannot get enough of the stinky dirty pigs in the Prodigal Son story.
What a joy to revisit all the Bible stories and see a little one learning and living our faith.
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Noah’s officially done with his first year of school. He tells me the best part was seeing some friends. I’m so pleased! When he started back in September, just 2 days after his 3rd birthday, he didn’t have the words to tell me about his friends.
Noah didn’t talk much until he was 2 1/2. He had five words at the age of 2. I think he said duck, truck, dad, garbage and ya. I didn’t hear a Mom or a NO until he was closer to 3 than 2. Didn’t mind the latter so much, but I sure did cry the first time he said Mom and meant me.
A year of speech therapy at our house and at daycare gave him the confidence to tell us what was going on in that handsome brain. We finally got to hear all the observations and musings he had been keeping to himself. Now after a year in a phonological classroom focusing specifically on sound production so the words Noah says can be understood, we hear a huge difference.
I can understand my little man! He tells me bits and pieces of what goes on when I’m not around, and sometimes I actually find myself annoyed by the constant stream of chatter. I don’t stay annoyed for long. I love hearing what my precious guy has to say.
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Sand WILL be in my house for the next 6 months or so.
Big thanks to our neighbors who have generously donated the sand for our table the last 2 years. I guess, their kids are now good enough drivers NOT to run into the kitchen when parking in the garage; so the sand filled garbage cans are no longer needed.
On a happier note for my kitchen floor, but really not related at all… My garden is now framed out with pavers bricks and looks awesome! Noah and Harrison were a big help with carrying the bricks and picking up the chunks of grass I dug up.
Noah and Harrison got in a little biking today. Score one for Mom, they are both wearing helmets!
Outside get ready, these boys are ready to play!
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We got the kids up at the buttcrack of dawn to make it to Sunrise Service. Surprisingly they did fine. Church was followed by St. John’s annual breakfast, a mini-egg hunt at home and a nap for all 4 of us.
We woke up from our nap energized and had some outdoor fun. I picked up a kite at JoJo’s a few weeks ago. Rob and I took turns running up and down the street with the boys chasing us until the Polack leader who is smarted than the crafty mouse, remembered that we have a moped.
Moped + Kite = Lots of fun!!
After tearing up the street, we headed out for an Easter hike on the bike trail which resulted in one smelly dog and Noah’s treasure of someone else’s dirty underware (we left them on the trail). Easter supper was hamburgers on the grill. Not too traditional, but super yummy!
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Saturday was Family Free Day at the zoo. We took all the boys. 6 little guys in our family, one on the way… Not a girl in sight. Oh well, she’d be mercilessly overwhelmed by frogs, trucks and all things blue.
Harrison’s favorite was the elephants. I thought he was on a Panda Bear kick for awhile, but seeing real live elephants brought him back to his first love.
The loins were a big hit. In fact, I had a baby lion growling at me all the way up to the zoo. Noah commented that the lion was his favorite.
Lunch was served picinic style in the back of my car. You can fit 6 little guys in the back of a VW. (Notice guy #7 in the lower left hand corner!!!)
Can’t wait till next time. We love the zoo!
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I haven’t sewed in years. I picked up a patio set last year for $15. The seats and backs were faded orange and brown. Yuck! I whipped up some new ones, and they actually turned out pretty nice.
Noah is obsessed with sewing. He “helped” Grandma fix his monkey jammies, and felt he just HAD to help me with my sewing. We collaborated to sew his name in an old pair of jeans. We then added a sun, and squiggle lines, per Noah’s request. He was very attentive and sewing kept his attention for nearly 20 minutes.
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We’re so proud! Our Noah can spell and write his own name.
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And it swallowed my boys! It started out as a picinic with all the stuffed animals. It progressed to a camp-out, and then we NEEDED a tent. Who knew you could have a picinic inside a shark’s belly???
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I’ve got video of each boy singing the ABC song. It’s the first time Noah has hit almost all the letters. He knows all his letters, in fact, his teacher keeps commenting how he’s the youngest in the class, but the only one who knows all his letters. Good fun!
We did Easter Eggs today. I’ll confess, I’ve never actually dyed an egg before. Isn’t that odd? I think for the boys the most fun was squeezing out the food coloring; so I’ll have to look into more food coloring type crafts. We tried putting stickers on the eggs, but they didn’t stick well, and we tried writing on them in crayon. I thought I read somewhere that the wax in crayons keeps the dye from sticking to that area. Neither idea worked. Our eggs are single colored, but it was tons of fun.
