Crazy baby

Noah has been kicked out of the infant nursery at church and into the next older nursery. Apparently he was trying to climb into some car seats with other babies in them and was in general . . . well . . . he was Noah. In all fairness to him, the nursery he's in is supposed to be for babies who aren't crawling yet, but the girls who work in this one said he could stay until he started bothering the other babies (I guess climbing into a car seat with another baby--who was probably sleeping--could be seen as a bother.) So next Sunday it's off to the nursery for crawlers and new walkers. I'm sure he'll have no problem holding his own in there.

Funny

"Look at my crazy hair!"

Gobble, gobble

We had a quiet Thanksgiving yesterday with just the four of us. I cooked our traditional meal (although I outsourced the turkey this year) and it was all very tasty, if I do say so myself. Neither Luke nor Noah ate much of the meal, but they both loved the pumpkin pie (go figure!)
Luke made place cards for everyone.
The only thing Noah ate was a couple of crescent rolls.

I got elfed!

For a holiday giggle, go to http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9567399416.

(Un)Happy 11 months

Noah DOES NOT like to lie on his back and be still, so the picture this month is less than ideal, but oh well. A few fun facts about Noah:

-He still only has one tooth. The other bottom front tooth may be coming in, but it hasn't made an appearance yet. I think he'll be singing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" this year.

-He continues to get into EVERYTHING. If he can reach it on a table, he'll pull it off. The other morning he figured out he could reach the placemats on our kitchen table and pulled one off - there was a cup of orange juice on that placemat, so it came crashing down on him.

-Riding in the car is not one of his favorite activities. He's OK while we're moving, but as soon as we stop (during carpool, at a red light, in traffic), he starts to fuss. I don't see any long car trips in our immediate future.

He is cute, cute, cute!

Thanksgiving feast

Several of the 4's classes had their Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. What a treat! Two classes (including Luke's) were Indians, and two classes were pilgrims. The costumes Luke's class made were really cute, and Luke actually wore the whole thing. What a difference a year makes. The necklace is made from pasta they dyed and strung on yarn. There are two paper feathers that tell what they're thankful for - Luke apparently is thankful for Gary and me and for Noah's tooth. Luke ate all of his lunch but was most excited about the turkey-shaped cookie.

Trashy

Noah's latest stop on his path of destruction. I just wish I had gotten a picture of him pulling a plate out of it today after lunch.

Biker dude

Last weekend Gary taught Luke to ride his bike without training wheels. It's the coolest thing to see him zipping down the street on just two wheels! Several neighbors came out to watch him and were pretty amazed that he has basically mastered two wheels at only four. I'm pretty impressed, too. Gary was determined that he could get it and convinced Luke to keep trying. Gary was right and Luke got it! I only have video of it, but as soon as I snap some pictures I'll post them.

Sign of the times

I've been teaching baby signs to Noah, and although I wasn't sure if he'd ever pick them up, he has started to use a few. Just like with Luke, he has taken the sign I do and made it his own. He claps his hands to sign "more" (he's done this at snack/meal time and when I was blowing bubbles yesterday); he flaps his arms to sign "all done"; he points to his mouth to sign either "eat" or "drink". Luke didn't do his first sign till about 11 months, and Noah's been signing for a week or two now. And people thought he wouldn't be smart!

The joker

Luke heard a joke on TV last week and has told it to us about 75 times in the past two days. Here it is:


Why do birds fly south for the winter?

Because it's too far to walk!


I see a career in comedy in his future!

Full of hot air

We see hot air balloons around here all the time, and sometimes, like one day last week, they're right above our house. I couldn't resist taking a few pictures.
I stood in the backyard to take the pictures. That's our swingset in the foreground.
That's our fence and the house behind us.

Amen!

Trick or Treat!

It's Spiderman and his sidekick, Spiderboy!