Veterans Day

 

Ollie's class sang You're a Grand Ol Flag, and Twinkle, Twinkle 50 states.  Nothing is cuter than a bunch of flag happy kinder students!

 

By the time second grade was up my phone camera storage was totally full and I was frantically deleting old pictures while trying to wrestle the phone out of Noey's mouth. 

#firstworldmomproblems

A friend told me she would take a picture of Seth and text it to me, which she did, so I can't really gripe if the picture is not the best, right?

 

Anyway, they had a long poem they recited (Seth's section was N for Navy) and they sang the Star Spangled Banner.  Nice work, Waters Elementary Patriots!

 

 

The Napping House

This never happens.  Never. 

I must have asked him five times that day and the next if he was feeling ok. 

Just look at this angel baby falling asleep in the living room. 

Daylight savings is no joke. 

Close up of our Sugar Bear.

 

Now if only Jon and I could get in on this action....

October Wrap-Up

Seth with his jumbo birthday cookie from Barnes and Noble.  I think he also spent his birthday money on another magic kit. He has officially learned one or two tricks from each kit.  :P

Sous chef, Ollie.

Typical Sunday afternoon during small group.  You would not believe how bad this room smells after 90 minutes. 

Seth is bailing on college.  I told him that's where he would learn to patent, so maybe he will change his tune. 

This kid. 

He just wants to spend his days taking selfies or posing for shots.  And when he's not busy with the paparazzi, he is dancing to M.C. Hammer.

Crazy hair day at school.

Top View. 

Let the record show that I kinda mom-forced him into this.  After I finished and he looked in the mirror he yelped, "Oh man!  I look like a girl!  These look like braids!!!"

Ollie's got a new kinder best bud, Jonathan.  We knew he had to be good stock, just from the name alone!

Jonathan lives like 8 houses down from us.  I don't know who is more excited, me or Ollie to have found neighborhood friends.  I'm so grateful!  (Ollie maybe more so!)

Nolan almost always sleeps laying on his belly with his hands under his face.  He often wakes up with a perfect baby slap hand print on his cheek after naptime, but this all over face paint was a new one. 

Still a happy guy though!

Gahh!!  Isn't this the cutest?!?

Seth and Ollie, playing with Jonathan and his brother Isaiah. 

First time out of the car seat and sitting in the cart.  He was happy as a clam!

Ollie's swingset love is still going strong.  I'm glad.

Just a couple of Tiger fans ready for game day!

 

Halloween Event #1: a baby, a magician, and a knight.

 

Halloween Event #2: Spiderman and Frankenstein

Spidey, a soccer player, and Frank.  My best picture of the three of them.  :)

 

Frank and friends!

 

The Cutest Pumpkins in the Patch

 

 

EIGHT (months) is GREAT (except for the teething parts)!

Oh our sweet Noley Poley Pumpkin Pie!  By far, this month has gone the fastest!  I can't believe I'm telling people he is 8 months old now.  Here's some Noey-isms from the last month:

• His love of baby food was so short lived!  He is now rejecting all things I put on his spoon in favor of anything that he can pick up himself and eat independently, including, but not limited to, all the leaf bits he finds on the floor.  Never mind that this leads to gagging or choking 60% of the time. 
• I can't decide if he's a good sleeper or not.  He will sleep 11 hours straight through the night for 4, 5, 6, nights in a row, then go the same amount of time waking up once a night for a bottle.  I really have no idea if there is a pattern, or it's just part of the totally normal randomness of babies. 
• He loves himself a good tunnel, or anything he deems a tunnel.  He loves to crawl through your legs, between furniture, and snakes around the dinning room chair legs. 
• He gets down on his belly to chew doorstops. 
• He is making a fool of our baby-proofing.  Three times I have caught him chewing on the safety plug you stick in an unused outlet.  How is he getting these things out?
• He doesn't really seem the sort of kid who would need a lovey for naptime, or maybe it's just too early.  I did throw a little mouse stuffed animal in his crib, thinking maybe he would want to chew on it if his teeth hurt, but really it's just turned into an inside joke between me and Jon.  Nolan is crying in the middle of the night.  Jon: Oh, poor guy.  He probably just lost his mousey.  Nolan is crying before bed.  Jon: Well, did you give him his mousey?  Meanwhile, Nolan continues to show no interest in his [beloved] mousey.
• Jon thinks Nolan's going to have what it takes to participate in crew some day.  When Nolan is really working hard he makes a "geh, geh, geh, geh" rhythm to which he matches his crawling. 
• Maybe he will say Mama soon!  When he's getting fussy for a bottle or is hungry, he kinda screetchess "EHHHHHMAMA!"
• He has not taken any steps yet, thank you Jesus, but is crawling and cruising all over our house!

 

Second Grade Field Trip

Seth's class went to Safety City last Friday for a field trip and Noey and I got the privilege to tag along.  The kids were broken up into four groups:  pedestrian safety, bike safety, traffic rules (using the pedal cars), and fire safety.  I always want to be a fly on the wall in my kids' classrooms to see what they are like with their peers and this kind of afforded me the chance.  Seth was so happy to be there and participate.  He also takes rules and safety very seriously, so he was pretty much in his element. 

Getting ready for pedestrian safety.

 

Taking his job of pushing Noey very seriously.   

 

Until he met Captain Leggins! 

 

Touring the truck. 

 

Look at that cutie dog in the window! 

 

Gearing up! 

 

Ready to roll! 

 

Leading the pack, ready to blow everyone away with his appropriate hand signals.  :) 

 

A fussy (because I won't put him down so he can eat leaves) baby. 

 

Stopping at the four way, checking for (pedal) cars! 

 

I guess I didn't get a picture of the fire practice house.  They watch a video and talk about what to do if a house is on fire, then go in this little house which fills up with some kind of vapor smoke to practice crawling to safety.  They really do a great job teaching the kids valuable lessons in all of the stations.  A very fun morning for sure; I was glad Noey and I went too!