Happy Thanksgiving

We spent the day at Scott and Lori's for thanksgiving today. It was a very nice day, and noah had fun playing with chris and cheyenne. He ate very well, sharing Lori's salad and dessert. It was a very nice day.

Daddy and Noah put the tree up last night and we are going to decorate it on Sunday. Time to get ready for Christmas!!

box of cinnamon

Noah has been sick for a month so the dr finally agreed to put him on antibiotics. One night while I was getting Noah ready for bed, I realized I had forgotten to give noah his medication. I yelled down to Joe, "Joe, can you get noah's amox?"
and then noah yells down, "Joe!! Joe!! Get my box!"
so then I laughed and clarified, "Joe, can you please get Noah's amoxicillin?"
and then Noah yells his clarification, "Joe, get my box of cinnamon!"

Gift from God

Today I was paying bills on line after bible study and noah kept asking me to come play. I said I would in one minute when I was done. so he went and got his guitar (a real children's acoustical that he cherishes). I hear him strumming and begin to sing... so I slowly turn around... he has taken my minature stool that is a decoration, and placed himself upon it, playing his guitar and singing a song to me he has learned in bible study, complete with hand gestures, which he has to put down the guitar for. "good morning God, this is the day, I'll try it, show me the way!" I just hugged him and of course cried, if you could have seen him! I did not even know that he could do that, but it makes sense that he would as he sings other songs we taught him. it was just a lovely gift from God.

potty blessings

2 yrs, 10 months, 2 weeks

well, noah is potty trained. He has been going pee in the potty since this summer, but he had to be naked from the waste down. None of this pull-ups business, he would just pee in them. (and who wouldn't? how confusing for the kids, they are just glorified diapers!)
so noah has had a cold for the past 3 weeks but getting worse. So I cancelled plans for tuesday and wednesday to help him recoop. I also used these days to really buckle down on this potty training. During the summer, any time he had underware on, he'd pee in them. so we put them away for a few months. I took them out again Tuesday and told noah he is not to pee in them, but only pee in the potty. If he stayed dry and peed in the potty, he'd get an m&m. He did have one accident, but quickly learned that the underware would not hold the pee as he saw it splattering on the floor. The 2nd time he went to pee in them he quickly stopped himself and ran to the potty. It just took a few months of growth and maturation for him to develop this skill.
He stayed dry all day Wednesday and today, Thursday. I have been putting him on the potty every half hour whether he had to go or not. He even began telling me late last night and early this morning that he had to go pee, instead of me asking him. Tonight he began going pee on his own, without me knowing!

and the coolest thing, he went poop all by himself, too!!! I was on the phone with the bank and he told me he went poop! I had to rejoice and the banking lady joined in with me! (I am sure that recorded conversation will give someone a good chuckle).
We were so excited! We called daddy and left him a phone message and noah got two m&m's and he got to pick out a brand new train! He chose Toby, his favorite from the plainville public library train table. He kept checking out his poo, very proud of himself!

While I was finishing up paying the bills, I noticed that he went pee again, and did not tell me and did not ask for a m&m... he really has caught on quickly, all we had to do was wait for him to be ready! It just goes to show that you have to go at the child's pace vs pushing them.

edited to add 11/16. Noah stayed dry for his first outting! We went to a birthday party on Friday where there were tons of kids and new toys and even live entertainment! and noah went pee there a few times and stayed dry! He then stayed dry Saturday during gymnastics and then today at church he conquered his fear of going pee on the adult potty at church and went a few times for his teachers! He had one accident, but it is his first so far. And he went poops in the potty 3 times last night all by himself for Nana and Poppa! yay Noah!

Mrs. Mommy

2 yrs, 10 months

Noah last night, wanted my attention. So he politely said, "Excuse me, Mrs. Mommy."
I just could not believe it! First, how polite saying excuse me, and then using Mrs. like he does for his CBS preschool teachers to address them, and then well, he only knows me as mommy!

Last week, we were going over his name. I would asked him what his name is and he'd say, "Noah, (and then spell) N.O.A.H." Then I would say, what is the rest of your name by prompting, "noah.... john....." and he'd respond "Michaud!!"
Then he proceeded to say, "and you are Mommy Michaud and that's Daddy Michaud!"
Isn't he just the smartest thing?

And now Noah I hear noah saying, "I love mommy, I love mommy, I love mommy" when he is playing or in bed, I hear it on the baby monitor. It just makes my heart sing!

Pretty Mommy

Joe and Noah were reading one of the Thomas the train books one night. They came to a page where everyone was at the beach. Joe thought he'd be funny and ask which one was mommy? Noah chose the voluptuous blonde babe in the bikini! Noah then pointed out that the fat guy with the large rear-end was daddy. I cracked up!

Today Noah was watching a Thomas dvd and they were showing all the different trains. I was watching noah as he was responding to the trains.. the regular guy train was daddy, the pretty girl train with big eyes and lip stick was mommy and the little train was noah! I love that he thinks I am so pretty!

A boy and his dog

34 months

Noah has always loved paris. But recently he has really developed a relationship with him. He always wants to give Paris treats, and Paris listens to noah and sits when demanded and also gives paw. Noah thinks that is the coolest thing! Paris will now eat breakfast and dinner when Noah eats and takes food from him, as Noah likes to help feed paris. Paris had a history of poor eating since he was a pup, to the point of vomiting bile, because for some reason he refused to eat. But now since he and Noah have become such good buddies, he will always eat.

In the mornings as soon as Noah wakes up and comes downstairs, he immediately ask for paris. They will sit on the couch and snuggle under the same blanket and watch Curious George. Ok, so the dog is just happy being held, he is not really watching tv.

The other day, I was on the couch with Noah and really wanted some snuggle time. I asked Noah if I could hold him and he told me no because he wanted to hold Paris, because Paris is a baby!

He loves petting him and does it very gently. Paris will make this soft little whisper-whine noise. I tell Noah that is paris' happy noise. so noah really loves to pet him softly to get paris to make those little noises. I am glad he is so loving towards animals!

And finally, Noah thought it would be fun to groom paris.. complete with a haircut and a good brushing.. Good thing they were fake scissors!