Naked Noah

Every night before I go to bed I check on the boys. Tonight, one of them turned the light on before going to sleep...good thing they did!
First, I noticed they fell asleep on the same pillow...cute!
Then, I noticed a diaper and a pair of pants...
...and a pajama shirt. That is Noah's pillow and pillow case, too. Apparently he does not like for his pillows to be dressed either.

And that is a very naked Noah fast asleep. I was lucky that he didn't wet the bed before I found him!!

What We Did Today?

What did WE do today????

Charlie found a cool new place to keep a pen...

...Noah drank a few sippy cups...

and drew some lines...Charlie actually drew the lines, Noah just scribbled with the marker...

...Charlie worked with his scissors...

...and we had lots...

...and lots...

...and LOTS of fighting over big tractor...

...took a bath and wore Buzz towels while watching Buzz...

...and it was bed time when Noah decided he liked sticking Mr. Potato Head parts in HIS head more than in the toy.

Indoor Snow

Today, Charlie and Noah made a mess. Nothing new, but this mess was picture worthy. Kind of like the nail polish or the glue stick. Someday I am going to want to look back and laugh. Someday in the future when I forget how long to took me to clean a bag of powder sugar off the floor.It all happened when I went on the computer for about two minutes to look for a recipe. When I came out of the bedroom, this is what I found.

Charlie and Noah got the almost full bag of powder sugar out and dumped it; then dumped out a box of baking soda. When I caught them they were ripping open tea bags. It took about two hours to clean up. I don’t think the boys are going to want to ever get into the cupboard again.

"helping" me clean

Yoohoo!

I love that Charlie and Noah are now officially able to drink out of a juice box! Noah needs to be reminded (over and over) that you have to keep the straw in and not squeeze it. This morning Charlie was asking for a juice box and when I pulled out the "one serving of vegetables" juice he scrunched up his face and told me "no, not that one!" When I pulled out the Yoohoo he got all excited.

I think Charlie will be a great negotiator someday!!

Noah REALLY loves Yoohoo, too. Can't you just see the sugar entering into his bloodstream??

“Big” brother

I took the boys to the doctor this afternoon for Charlie’s three year checkup. Charlie weighed in at 32 pounds and is three feet, two inches tall. He is falling in the 50-60 percentiles for his stats. We threw Noah up on the scale just to see what he was up to these days…33 pounds. It is official! Noah is now bigger than his BIG brother!! Who knew this tiny little guy would grow so fast?

(Today Noah decided he likes to put his sippy cup under his shirt and drink it through the fabric….strange kid!!)

Cheese!

This morning I saw this when I opened the door after getting dressed:

In the five minutes it took me to get dressed, the boys got the cheese out of the refrigerator, unwrapped it, found the cheese grater, and started to make a mess. Normally it takes me at least ten minutes to find the cheese grater when I look for it.

Charlie is (almost) Three!

Today I spent the better part of my day making Charlie’s birthday cake. I went all out this year, and I think it turned out pretty cute. I have very vague memories about my third birthday, but I am pretty sure I had an Oscar the Grouch cake. Since I can remember my third birthday cake, I wanted to make sure Charlie would have a memorable one too.

While I was baking, Charlie decided he didn’t want to wear a shirt anymore while he played with the cars that didn’t make it to the cake.

Noah stayed busy playing with a new Christmas Toy.

One more cake shot:

Deed-en

It must be rough being a two year old. There is so much they want to be able to express, but their small vocabulary limits what they are able to communicate with the world. Thankfully for him, Noah has coined a word to replace all nouns: deed-en.

Yesterday a deed-en was his blanket, shoes, and phone. Today it was a toy train, chicken, ketchup. Who knows what it will mean tomorrow.

It is a good thing he is a cutie. Yesterday he cried for half an hour before I figured out that the deed-en he was demanding was actually a pickle.

A lesson on the importance of closing the door

Yesterday I woke up to find we didn’t have water. I am not sure why I have a problem with the water freezing in the pipes down here because I cannot remember a single morning without water in Michigan.

Last night, in an effort to save the water pipes, I left the water running in the bathroom. I turned it on right before I went to bed, but I forgot to close the door behind me.

Sometime during the night the boys got out of their room (something that never happens) and saw the bathroom door was open (something else that never happens.) When I got up this morning I found Noah sleeping on the bathroom floor and Charlie in the boys’ room saying “oh, crap! Oh, crap! Mama-mommy up! Oh, crap!”

Noah managed to spread loose makeup powder all over everything. Once the floor was covered to his satisfaction he dumped the rest in the toilet.

Charlie took eye shadow and lip gloss and painted up one side of his face.

After cleaning everything up I know two things:

Cleaning lip gloss off of cheeks isn’t easy to do after it has been left on for several hours

Next time I go shopping I will need to pick up some new makeup and a locking case to keep it in

Santa!

Last night we took the boys to the Adel Christmas parade. Charlie and Noah had such a good time watching the floats and Charlie got really excited when he was people throwing candy.

Santa!

I love that I can wear flip flops in December

This picture is for Jen.

Waiting for Candy