April Temps

This weekend it was unseasonably warm- in the high 80s both days. On Sunday afternoon, Darren and I set up Noah's kiddie pool on the back patio so that he could splash around.

Counting the Blocks

Today, Noah lined up all his blocks on the window sill like a skyline and then we had fun counting them.

The New Playground

These pictures are a few weeks old, which is why the trees look so bare. We found this playground a while ago. It's a few neighborhoods away, but still in Kingstowne, and it's bigger than the tot l0t where we usually go. Noah loves to go down the slides.

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Noah is fascinated with the tulips I planted in our front yard. After school, he likes to go to the mailbox and then sit next to the tulips for a few minutes before going inside. Incidentally, I am pleased as punch that the tulips are back for what is now the third year running. I am not at all a green-thumb type of person, and rarely do I ever plant anything that actually lives, so it's so nice to see these come back up year after year.



And, as a non-gardener, I have just as much appreciation for dandelions. Nothing wrong with those in my book, and Noah seems to like them too.

More Pics from School

Here are some more pictures of Noah at school courtesy of Sangeeta.

Speaking Cat

Here are two videos of Noah speaking the language of cat. One is just him. You can hear him say, "Kitty, Meow, Cat." The other one is from our visit with Karen and Sean this morning. Not surprisingly, Sean also speaks cat.

Gabriel's Birthday Party

Noah's friend Gabriel celebrated his birthday today. He turned two. Here are some highlights from Gabriel's wonderful birthday party. Thank you to Arlene and John for including us.

Here he is with the birthday boy. Noah REALLY REALLY loved the trampoline

This is Sophia, the only girl in Noah's class at daycare.

The other little boy here is Isaiah.

There was also a ball pit.

And lots of fun games.

Here's Noah driving a car with Micah looking in. Micah is a big fan of Noah. He talks about him all the time and follows him everywhere at school.

M is for Meow

He's growing up. He used to be unable to pronounce the letter M, so he called in Muhna (he also called N Muhna). Now he says M very clearly (less so with N). But I'm amazed at how well he knows his letters in general. There are a couple he still can't say (C and W seem to be the most difficult), but he recognizes them all and even knows alpha order to some extent. He also can count (when he wants to) and knows the order of the numbers up to 9, except he can't say 7, so he goes from 6 to 8.

He also used to be unable to say Meow. Instead, if you asked him what a kitty says, he would laugh and say ollie ollie ollie (one of our cats is named ole, pronounced ollie). Then he started to say something that sounded like Mein for Meow. Now he just says Meow. In fact, he says it a lot. Follows the cats around the house yelling out Meow. The other morning, I woke up to hearing him talking to himself in his crib saying Meow Meow Kitty Kitty Meow Cat...

Sometimes I miss Muhna and ollie ollie ollie.