Bedtime for Noah

Noah's bedtime involves lengthy conversations started and spoken mostly by the lil' man himself. He woke up a few times in the last month or two, I think because he had a bad dream or something, and he laid against me at 2 or 3 in the morning rehearsing the events of his dream and anything else that captured his fancy. It was so funny to listen to, bleary eyed and in the middle of the night!

Tonight's conversation was especially interesting. First he told me about how he wants to ride in the tractor and go on a hayride...right then and there. Then it was that he wanted to ride PopPop's tractor and move the steering wheel in PopPop's work truck. When I kept shutting him down with, "no, not now, it's bedtime" he resorted to the "I needs". "I need a cookie, Mommy". "I need ice cream, Mommy". I need Lejo (jello), Mommy". Why ask for plain old water or bread when you can go for the gold and ask for all the treats your little two year old mind can remember? Next was a few rousing rounds of "How Did Moses Cross the Red Sea" sung by me and then "by myself" boy. I *thought* things were winding down when he broke the silence with, "Who tooted?" I said, "it must have been you." He followed with, "Daddy tooted. Sophia tooted. Daddy stinks." A minute later he proceeded to blow raspberries. What is it with boys???

I love these conversations.

As an update, the boy took a fantastic nap today and slept wonderfully last night...I was sooooo thankful! He was also a lot more sedate today, I think because he is finally catching up on sleep. We got all of our schoolwork done; it was great...we'll see what happens tomorrow. ;)

This week

This week has been unusually difficult. Difficult meaning that the little climber has been using his skillz extensively! The beginning of the week was especially challenging. He seems to be evening out a little bit - he still climbs out, but not as much and he has taken a nap the last 2 or 3 days. A few of the days this week he took no nap....that means he was on the run from sunrise (and I do mean sunrise!) to sunset! It has been really hard to do school with Sophia with him running amuck, much less do anything else. He was also really hyper because he was not getting enough sleep. Today he seemed a little more sedate.

I had a ultrasound and Dr. appt. today and then I had to do birthday shopping for family. We have 8 birthdays and 2 anniversaries in our families from mid Sept. to Nov. 18, Noah's birthday. It's just a regular birthday alley! Elijah's bday is the 16th, Graeme's is the 27th, our anniversary is the 21st. My wonderful marvelous Mommy watched the kiddos for my appts. and then I did some secretive birthday shopping for the boys. I *think* I am done bday shopping except for Graeme, but I know what I am getting him.

The ultrasound was so neat. The baby didn't really look like a baby, just a peanut, but there were four little white dots on the corners of the peanut and they were the hands and feet and you could even see them wiggling around...very cool. Our practice got a new U/S machine and I could see and hear the heartbeat. That was really nice. My EDD is 5/12, and I am 9W3D. That's around what I had thought and everything looked good, praise the Lord.

I have some fun things to post, but as I mentioned afore, I haven't had a lot of time to sit still as my little man is a Mover with a capital M! Oh well, (insert Scarlett O'hara voice), "tomorrow is another day!".

TTFN y'all!

Kid Quotes

As I recall when I was a little girl, the brushing of the hair was usually an unhappy time, punctuated with, "ouch" and "that hurts"! Sophia is equally fond of getting her hair combed. As I combed her lovely locks this past Sunday, she said, "Ouch, that hurts! You just touched my sensible spot!"

Elijah, a foodie at heart, who takes after his mother when it comes to some serious eats, was soooo excited to be going out to eat when we were on vacation. He said, "Mommy, I want some of that...that....strolleyboney pizza". He meant stromboli. I love it too son. :)

And then there's Noah, 80 mph, 0.5 mpg child. He never.stops.eating! He says he's done and you clean him up (which is no small chore) and he wants more and more and more...boys. He says a lot of things. More than both of the older kids put together I think. The noise and the activity make for a whirlwind-like presence. :) He's an extremely happy boy and is very excitable. I lurve him. He reminds me of myself.

Anyhowser, Graeme took the kids to the pumpkin patch on Saturday to play on all the cool farm equipment. They were all playing on the sliding board when suddenly Noah had "gotten lost" again. He has a habit of doing this. Graeme started looking for him, and spotted him in line, trying to get on a hayride. He was disappointed when Sophia removed him from the line. My other kids would have been afraid of going to other people, but not my sunny little boy. He sees fun, he wants to be in on the action no matter who the company is. No wonder Graeme has gray hair. :) For the rest of the day he kept saying, "tractor", "take a ride", and when I would ask him if he wanted to go on a hayride he would reply with a enourmously enthusiastic, "ME!"

Political funny

My Father in law sent me this video and I think, given the upcoming elections and ALL the political coverage of policiticans, it is very funny and applicable. Enjoy!

Escape Artist

Look what Noah did today....

He continued his new tricks some seventy-eleven times. He even turned off his sound machine after he got out of his crib, apparently, he's aware of the rising cost of electricity and wants to do his share to conserve.

This video is my favorite of him doing his new antics because it is just so him. Adding a little extra drama for the camera (hanging on and flipping around instead of just getting down) and constant chatter. He talks more than Sophia and Elijah combined. Who says boys don't talk as much as girls do?

Pike's Place is not a good place for me to be

Today is Teacher Appreciation Day at Starbucks. They are giving away free coffee to teachers and homeschoolers count! I was so excited as the kids drove through the drive thru for my free Pike's Place coffee.

We went home and I let each of the children have a miniscule sip (I wanted the boys to nap!) and I added a little ice cream to it and enjoyed my cup 'o joe...mmm. I'm not a regular coffee drinker, but I like it for something different. I call my self a social drinker...coffee drinker that is. Isn't that what drinking coffee is all about anyway?

I should have known something was terribly wrong when my heart started racing right after finishing my coffee. Apparently, pregnancy *can* make one extra sensitive to caffeine. I had no idea as I am not a regular caffeine consumer. Wow! It's been an interesting several hours since the initial caffeine intake. I have never actually thrown up with any of my pregnancies, but as I was leaning over the kitchen sink this afternoon, I thought my vomit-less streak was over. I was actually hoping it was over. :) But alas, the streak continues as does my headache, heart-ache, and stomachache.

Farwell, Pike, I didn't enjoy your place very much and think I shall never wish to visit again.

Out of the mouth of my babe...

Tonight I was changing Noah into his P.J.'s and he didn't want to put his arm in the sleeve. Insulted, that I would make him do something that he didn't want to do, he looked at me and said, "Mommy, my heart is broken".

Truly, putting your P.J.'s on is equal to thwarted love.