Noah the Budding Photographer

My parents gave Noah a kids camera as a gift when James was born. At that time it was difficult for him to use, thus only haphazardly played with it. Well... over the past month or two he has become Photography King in our house. He is so good at using the camera now and has gone through several sets of batteries (I really need to remember to pick up the rechargeable ones at the store!). I have found it SO COOL to look at al of the pictures he has taken himself. I was sitting at the computer with him looking at them and he totally remembers and gets excited about every one of them! He is getting much better at centering things... has a few great still life pics. of his cowboy boot, his train, his toys, James' sock & a toy block, and his english muffin with peanut butter. The "self portraits" make me laugh. The quality isn't great, but I think you will get the picture:)

It is currently just a link on the right side of the page, but if anyone knows how to put a slideshow in an actual post could you please share? It took me forever just to figure out how to get what I have now:) I believe if you click somewhere on the slideshow it self it should take you to the link so you can look at them all a bit bigger. I will plan to add the pics to this slide show as he takes them... Enjoy the pics from the perspective of a 3 year old!!!

The Sweetest Gift

I have started letting Noah go into the yard by himself (it is fully fenced) for a few minutes at a time... he knows that he is not allowed to open the gate into the driveway. Well, last weekend he was playing, I couldn't see him so I asked Gabe to eyeball him and make sure he was ok. Gabe went to the door and there was Noah standing with this flower that "I pick this for Mommy"... Now to be completely honest my first thought was, where did that come from? Did he pick the neighbors tulips? He showed me a small clump of tulips growing amongst the shrubs in our front yard, "I pick for you". It was very sweet...

Easter Egg Hunt 2010

Ok, so for those of you hoping for some classic Easter pictures, I was a bad mom and didn't take any. We did an Easter egg hunt outside on Saturday, which as you can see from the pictures, both kids really enjoyed. This year Noah did collect all of the eggs without opening any of them until the end (at which point he did sit, open and eat them all).

We were very fortunate this year to be able to spend a wonderful family day together with beautiful weather. We woke up Sunday morning and did the Easter Bunny thing, no egg hunt though, we didn't want to bring Noah to church on a chocolate high. When we asked Noah what the eater bunny did he said, "bring chocolate". Church was a lovely and exciting Easter service, both kids sat through the whole thing without us, even once, having to tell them to use a quite voice. I think Noah was most entranced by the trumpet, trombone, and drums they had to play the music. After church the boys played outside with Gabe while I made lunch, what a beautiful day, 78 and sunny!! After nap time we took both kids and went to a Portland Pirates hockey game. Noah brought his binoculars (he has been wearing them everywhere since Sunday) and thought the game was very exciting. All and all a wonderful day together:)

Easter Picnic

Nannie, Grampa, and Aunt Amy all came for a quick day trip last Saturday. It was a warm day, but very windy so a picnic at the playground on the Eastern Prom may not have been the best choice... Regardless, Noah really enjoyed playing on the playground and was on day 4 with no nap, so he was daring enough to play, climb and even slid down the slides which is a shocking improvement over most trips to the playground.

Underwear and Cowboy Boots

Noah has shown little to no interest in potty training, but every once in a while he has one of these days. I think he chooses underwear over diapers simply b/c he doesn't want to lay on the changing table while I put a diaper on him. It only lasts about 2 hours at the most until he "has an accident" despite my coaxing to use the potty b/c he has his big boy underwear on. Anyhow, on this day it was all I could do to make him put any clothes on (he even played with his BBQ set on our porch in 45 degree weather naked for a bit). He insisted that I take a picture of his lightning macqueen underwear and woody boots... it was his idea to turn around and show me the backside... I am sure he will appreciate these pictures in 10 years:)