halloween 09

we went to auntie becky's for a halloween party. noah was spiderman and emma and leo were priates.



it was nice out, i was able to walk around with no jacket, just a short sleeve tshirt. noah loved going to door to door and ringing the bell. he was definately the leader of the pack.









After coming back from trick or treating, noah took off his costume and hid in the bathroom trying to eat his candy in peace!

growing up...

Noah tells me, "Mom, I'm thinking I am not a bunny anymore (nickname I have had for him since he was a baby). I am a big man and don't need to sit in the booster seat." At least he breaks it to me gently that he is growing up...
At the time I felt like he was stabbing me in the heart though.

and the other day I was grumbling about how cold it is and Noah responds: "Don't worry mom. Cold means you can build leave piles!" How did he become so optimistic when I certainly am not?
He really is a light in my life. He shows me times to be humble, optimistic and happy. He really has Jesus in his heart!

big boy bed

noah got his big boy bed on Saturday. He loved it! He has been sleeping so well and I have had to wake him up each day in the morning and from naps.




The last night with his old bed..


Walking in and seeing his new bed for the first time!


I think he is happy!

such a big boy

Noah is getting a new big boy twin bed on Sat. He really wants me to lay down with him at night and I can't fit anymore. He also keeps telling me he is too big for his bed.. but little does he know that if he took out the bazillion animals in his bed, he'd fit.

One funny thing that noah does.. if he gets yelled at for misbehaving, he say: "I am sorry you yelled at me.".. kind of odd, but makes me smile and apologize.

Noah got into both Village nursery school and Valley Chistian. We declined village and decided to send him to valley in the fall for 3 days of morning 4's preschool. I love the teachers and so did he when he met them.

Noah has almost saved up for his Rocky! He is awesome about doing his chores. and he always tithes his savings too.

Yesterday noah was walking on his tip toes and trying not to walk on his heels. I asked him why and he said he did not want his feet to get hard like mine. I told him if he walked on his feet for 34 years, they'd be hard too. so.. he is trying not to. I think that is pretty smart!

You know how kids mimic their parents? The other day Noah wet a napkin with his spit and wiped my face.... I think I will stop doing that to him.
I love this age. He is sooo much fun and always says such funny things! He tells me that I crack him up! (wonder where he gets that from?)

Yesterday we had our gender u/s. Noah did his typical helping me in the dr office getting my shoes off my feet and up in the stirrups (which is not needed). He tells me not to pee out the baby when I leave a urine sample. then he runs to the u/s room.. he knows exactly where it is. when the dr told him it was a boy baby, noah said no, it is a girl baby! he really thought it was a girl! I won't tell him the name we picked b/c I know he'll tell people and we want it to be a surprise.

november 09

some funny things noah has been saying lately...
everything is "so very"...
"I so very missed you"
"I am so very starving"
I told him we had to go to the store to get him some turtle necks. he replied, "we are going to get some turtles to check my neck?"

he still calls pajamas "jamANas"
and yesterday he called me "mrs michaud".


he is getting better at blowing his nose like a "big man". and speaking of bein a big man, he is eating tons! he is always hungry. lastnight after dinner and before bed he ate two bowls of pasta! I am glad he is eating now, just hope it is not in his vain efforts to grow big. he still talks about how the kids at church once told him he was little.

noah is so good at helping me up off the floor when we are kneeling to pray. he really is such a good helper, and he always says he has to help people.

he has been requesting a big boy bed now so I can lay down with him at night. I am too big in the belly to fit in his car bed now.

he is excited to find out if we are having a boy or a girl next week.

noah really wants this new rocky the crane. he keeps asking many times a day. so we are having him do daily chores and then he gets some change to add to his piggy bank and tithe as well. we made a chart to see how much he has to earn until he can buy rocky all by himself. I hope this teaches him to respect money and that toys do not just magically appear. but he is only 3.. so not sure how much he will understand.

he seems to be fading out of his naps. he has a clock in his room now (digital like daddy) and a card nex to it that reads 4:00 for his nap and 7:00 for when he can wake up in the morning. he can get up to go to the bathroom but he must go back to bed. he was getting up at 6am and wanting to play downstairs. he can nap or play in his room but he has to stay from 2-4pm. yesterday he fell asleep on the floor behind his door! strange and it woke him up when the door hit him when I opened it up.

he is doing well stayng dry at nap but he has not initiated going without night time diapers. although he does get up to pee or poo at night. he is trying to wipe himself but goes thru tons of tp or wet wipes. he'll get it eventually but i am proud that he is initiating it himself.

noah wrote his name all by himself, 100% without prompting or assistance. he wrote it on the tub wall with bathtub crayons! so I had joe get the camera to take a picture of it. so fun!

Yankee Candle

We went to Yankee Candle up in South Deerfield, Mass today. We went with noah back in 2006 when he was 9 months old and not even crawling yet. It was so fun to go back with him and see him look at all the things again, but through older eyes. He was so excited to see Santa's workshop where he makes all the toys, but he did not want to say hi to him. After we went to the butterfly conservatory called Magic Wings. Noah had a great time looking at all the exotic reptiles and seeing tons of butterflies flying around freely. One almost landed on his head but he screamed and freaked out and it flew away. It was a nice fall day, 55 degrees out and sunny. But most of the leaves were gone, but it was still a nice drive.

apple picking was fun, a nice fall warm day. we got a few pumpkins too and our fall flowers. every fall there seems to be a warm weekend and I am glad we got to go again this year.





We went to Leo's bday party. It is so fun watching the cousins play together. Uncle Dan gave Noah his first fire helmet. This is a big tradition to a firefighter Becky told me and I am honored that Dan gave it to Noah. We got a lot of cute pictures.


It is so sweet hearing noah say he misses me and loves me. I wish I could forever remember his little voice, "I love you too, Mommy." and "I missed you so very much mommy!"

I offered Noah some nutella and strawberries. noah responded "sure! what do I want to tell ya?" hahaha

Joe told me the other day Noah was watching tv and the cartoon character asked the audience if they could get up and help them? Noah responded that he could not b/c they were in the TV! so cute!

noah is doing awesome staying dry for naps. a few accidents here and there, but really well. He is driving his success.. letting us know when he is ready for each next step. so when he is ready to give up night-time diapers, he will let us know.

he is doing well going to the bathroom independently now, not asking for help to pull up his pants or underware. and he is trying to wipe his own bottom now too.. and today I found the whole box of wet-wipes used in the toilet... good thing he did not flush!

he is getting out of bed now when he is done sleeping, vs sitting there waiting for me. still loves curious george, thomas and now diego and dora. he is saying his colors in spanish and counting to 5 in spanish. days the days of the week, we are learning the months of the year, he knows his city and state and to dial 911 for an emergency. He loves to cook, and always is asking to help in the kitchen. he wants to make leave piles outside and asks to go out all the time. today he climbed the roof to his playhouse outside..which I was wondering when he was going to finally do, being a boy.
he likes to go to "school at church", as he calls it and is learning a lot there about jesus and the bible. and he is doing well keeping his toys out of the saturday box by picking up at the end of the day. he is doing well writing his name, almost independently and really does well coloring in the pictures, not just scribbling. he knows his bday is January 2nd and that he will be 4. and that christmas is coming up.. and he is excited to be spider man for halloween this year. we are going to becky's "uncle becky" still and now uncle bunky" as a snafu noah said the other day and subsequently cracked himself up.