Noah came home from school today with a bear in a bag. It had a note saying that the bear came home to visit and has to go back to school but that the bear likes to read the good night book and has to be in bed by 8. Noah said that it was Mrs. Russ’s bear but that she told him it was his job to take care of it. Noah named the bear Rosco and we read the book to it tonight. Nathan also liked the bear and carried it around too. We have one more night with the bear.
Noah started preschool at Warm World today. He was excited to go and meet his new friends. His new teacher is Mrs. Russ and she’s very nice. Wr had to take snacks for his class so we took some boxes of cheez-its and dropped them off a few weeks ago during Cookie Lookie. He’s asked me about them and wants to know where his cheez-its are.
Nathan started Starbright last Thursday so Noah and I spent the day together, just the two of us. I gave him some options of activities we could do and he chose Chuck E Cheese, but kept asking if we could eat Pizza Hut too! We played all sorts of games like skee ball, hoops, and the water gun game. He rode the little rides like the monster truck, the Barney mobile, helicopter, and horse. He also played in the tunnels and slides. Our favorite game was one where we threw balls at different targets on a screen. One of the targets was an alligator and Noah liked aiming at it. We shared a cheese pizza and he shared one of his slices with me. He traded in his tickets and got a little foam soccer ball rocket thing. We had such a great time together!
Noah asked Ryan what he’s going to do with the doves and Ryan told him he was going to cook them and eat them. Noah told him not to cook the dove because it would make all the other doves sad. Ryan started laughing and Noah got serious and said “why are you laughing at me?”. It was funny.
Noah is so funny! The things he says and does are hysterical. The other morning he came into our room around 5am and asked me if he could get in bed with us. I told him no that it was night night time and for him to go back to bed. He wanted me to take him back to bed so I did and as we crossed through the livingroom he said “I saw a shadow” and I said uh-huh (still half-asleep) and he said “it looked like a donkey.” I started laughing. Yesterday morning we heard Noah awake in the livingroom so Ryan went to see what he was doing. He was sitting in the middle of the floor with the cupcake holder (which previously had 1 cupcake left in it) and had eaten the cupcake and had a little towel next to him that he had cleaned himself off with. He had decided to eat a cupcake for breakfast.
The boys sometimes play in our closet or room. They “hide” in different places. One day they were both in the shower talking to each other and Noah said, “Nathan, do you want to talk to God?” and Nathan said “huh-uh” so Noah said, “OK, I will. Hi God. How are you?” then Nathan chimed in “Hi God.” It was sweet.
Last night, the Humes came over for sticky steak (venison backstrap) and cupcakes. We were all running around and playing in the yard and Noah said “Dade Chapman, stop that.” It was really funny. I guess he’s heard Wendi say that before 
About 3 or 4 weeks ago, we bought Noah the overnight pull-ups instead of putting him in overnight diapers. That way he could go to the bathroom at night if he needed to. He has done really well. He usually makes it all night staying dry. Sometimes he’ll get up once at night to use the bathroom but that’s getting better now.
His cow, MBoo, just had another calf and Noah named her Martha. Now he has MBoo, Donut, and Martha.
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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!
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Noah cracks us up! He has a new game with Nathan. He will ask Nathan "are you my boy?" and Nathan will shake his head and say "uh uh" and laugh then Noah goes over to him and kisses him on the head. Noah calls his 4-wheeler a 4-wheeyer which is cute. I asked him about school the other day and he kept talking about his friend named Corder. I said "are you saying Corder or Porter?" and he said "corder." I asked if he really had a kid in his class name "corder" and he said yes. I told him I didn’t know what he was saying and he said "I don’t know what I’m saying either." Then we both cracked up. When I ask him to do something he doesn’t want to do he’ll say "how about no." Kenny and Debi bought him Bibleman dvd for his birthday and he likes watching it. He is also a huge Bolt fan. I told him today that I loved him and he said "I love you too" and it melted my heart. He made me a book at MDO for Mother’s Day and he is very proud of it. It’s "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and we’ve read it several times already. He likes to read and ask me several questions. He’s so inquisitive and picks up on everything.
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Noah turned three two days ago on April 9. We got him a sand box for our backyard and when he saw it he first said "what is that?" and then when he saw what it was he said "this is the best birthday present in the whole world!" He had a Lightning McQeen/Cars birthday party for our families on Saturday and had a blast. All the kids brought their riding toys and the rode their 4-wheelers around and around the house. My mom and I made him Cars cupcakes and put them on a cupcake stand and it turned out really cute. Noah didn’t even eat lunch; he rode his 4-wheeler then came in to open presents and he ate 2 cupcakes. He got some nice gifts from everyone: Cars toys, backpack and wallet, V-Tech video game system, clothes, race track, Thomas the Train tracks and trains, tractor, Cars shoes, and some shirts. He had his 3-year check-up on Wednesday and weighed 36 pounds (90th percentile) and was 38 inches tall (50th percentile). He didn’t have any shots and was in perfect health! The doctor said everything was great. Some funny things he’s said recently are: "do we stick our fingers in coffee?" and "what’s in Mickey’s pants? Is it a glow worm?" Of course this totally cracked us up. He also asked me last night if I say no all the time and I told him it sure feels like it! When we ask him a question he’ll see "I sure did" or "it sure is" and he does it with a southern drawl which makes us laugh. He doesn’t seem to eat much either. When he does eat, a little bit later he’ll tell me he’s hungry.
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Lots of things have happened that I should probably journal before I forget! Noah got his first stitches on February 25. He fell at school and had to get 4 stitches on his left cheek. He got them removed on March 2 and it seems to be healing nicely. He then got pink eye this weekend and is getting over that. The other night he was sitting in the recliner next to me and was singing a song. I was watching him sing and he stopped and turned to me and said "Mama, don’t look at me while I’m trying to sing!" I thought it was hysterical! He loves watching the movie Cars and wants a Cars birthday party. He also likes Madagascar 2. He likes playing with trains and is into musical instruments. He is proficient at the iPhones and knows how to play the games and even send text messages. He sometimes gets his play phone and will push the buttons and tell me he’s texting someone. Tonight he was playing baseball in the backyard and repeatedly hit the ball over the fence. He was hitting the ball hard and it was going far. He loves going to the farm and riding his 4-wheeler and feeding the cows. His cow’s name is M-Boo and she now has a baby that he named Donut. He likes to play golf also. He knows all his shapes and colors, the letters of the alphabet, and he can count to somewhere around 20. He will be 3 in a month and I can’t believe it. He is so independent now. He wants to open his own car door to get out and he also wants to get into his car seat by himself.
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