The Allers

Noah has also grown and changed recently.  Everything with him is “why?”  He is genuinely curious about things and why they are the way they are.  The other day he was riding his little tractor and a long piece of grass was stuck to the tire.  He said, “This is stuck to the tire and that makes me angry.”  He picks up on all the things we say.  He got new teachers this summer for MDO and he asked me where his old teachers were.  I told him they were on vacation for the summer.  After his first day of class he asked me when his teachers would be back from their vacation.  He misses Ms. De and Ms. Gazelle a lot.  He’s my little helper around the house.  He wants to help cook, fold clothes, or put clothes away (which usually means he throws them in the floor).  He knows the words to several songs like Back and Forth, The Motions, Jesus loves me, happy birthday, twinkle twinkle little star, etc.  He knows the entire alphabet and can recognize all the letters.  He doesn’t like to swim in the big pool, only the baby pool.  We took him to the lake last week and he freaked out when we put him in the water.  He was holding on to me as tight as he could and wouldn’t let go.  He loves to play on the playground.  We got them tv’s for the car and he thinks that’s the coolest thing ever to watch movies while we drive.  He also likes to go to McDonald’s or Burger King because he wants the toys in the kid’s meals.  We don’t do this too often but every once in awhile we go as a special treat.  The other night I put him to bed and Ryan was gone playing softball so I put both boys in their beds and got in the shower.  When I got out of the shower I heard a noise in the living room.  I went in there and it was dark but I heard the rustling sound again.  Noah was inside their play tunnel laying down.  I told him to come out of there and he asked me, “was I good in bed?” I said no because he wasn’t in his bed then he said “oh yes I was good.”  I was cracking up.  He is so good with Nathan.  They play together and Noah will try to get him to say new words.  If Nathan is crying Noah will say “it’s ok” and give him a hug or a kiss.  I think it’s so sweet when he looks at me and says, “I love you, Mommy”.  It melts my heart.  He also tells me that I’m his boy.  I say, don’t you mean you’re my boy? and he’ll say yes, you’re my boy.  He still sucks on two fingers and now he’ll show them to me and I’ll say, “ewwww, pruney!” and he cracks up.  He loves riding his 4-wheeler and tells me that Beauty is his horse.  I can’t believe that he’s already over 3 years old!  time flies!