Buzz

Noah seems to think that he is Buzz Lightyear. He he is lasering Josh cause he doesn't like what he's telling him. That's what we get all the time - the LASER! I can't have a cookie? THE LASER! I can't go to Grandpa's house? THE LASER! It's really a very versatile weapon!

One more trip to the zoo!

After the hurricane weeks ago, we made a trip to the zoo cause the weather was so nice with the cold front. Wyatt was really into it this time - he was sticking his face up to every window to try and find the animals. He really had a lot of fun. Noah was a total grump, so it didn't help when he hit his head while crawling through a tunnel - see him crying? I love the one picture of Wyatt petting the fake rat in the children's zoo tunnel. He was having so much fun!

First Day of School!!!

I know this is shocking, but we actually signed Noah up for preschool!!!!! Craziness!!!

We were going to wait until next year, but when I was at MOPS 2 weeks ago I saw in the newsletter that the Lamb School still had a few openings. So I thought I'd call and check on his age group, and sure enough, they still had a spot!! So now he's going MWF and he's loving it!!!

When I went and registered him they took him to introduce him to his teachers, and I was shocked, but he actually waved at them, and then when one asked him to shake her hand he gave her a high five. I was FLOORED!!!!!! This from my boy who shrinks and hides at the thought of strangers, actually voluntarily touched one! The night before his first day we started prepping him, and he was freaking out. Crying and moaning about how he didn't want to go. And then that morning he was just so sad about it. But he knocked our socks right off when we dropped him off. He gave Josh and I hugs, and then just walked right in. We couldn't believe it. So we figured that it would probably be bad when we picked him up, cause that's usually when he gets upset at church (and also last year when we did mothers day out). But when we got him he was all smiles and his teachers said it was a really great first day and that he even participated!!!!!!!!

I know this may not seem like a big deal, but for Noah J this is huge!!! The first thing he asked us when we picked him up was, "My surprise in the car?" Yes, we got him a first day of school present. We wrapped it up and it was in his carseat. It was this Toy Story remote control car that he has been asking for forever. He was so excited! In the car on the way home he we were asking him about how school was, and you can just imagine how that went. It was like pulling teeth! He told us they talked about Jesus and "me in the boat." Huh?? Then we figured out they talked about Noah's Ark that day. So funny! When we asked him about music class and asked if he sang with the other kids he adamently said, "NO! I no sing that song. I only dance with my feet." We were cracking up so hard! And that's a big deal too, cause you know at the library he REFUSES to dance with the kids.

So this week will be his third week, and we couldn't be happier. He's doing great, the school's great, and I'm enjoying my time alone with Wyatt to play, and I can also get some work done! How great, right?

My crazy noodles

You know I'm constantly trying to get good pictures of these 2 together, but to no avail! These were the closest I got! They were hamming it up in their undies/diapers and were so cute I had to snap some pics. Noah is so funny cause he wants to always be the same as Wyatt as far as clothing is concerned. If Wy is in a t-shirt and diaper, Noah wants to take his shorts off. Wyatt has no shirt on? Noah takes his off. It's so weird, but also sweet at the same time that he thinks it so fun to do stuff together!

Bringing the outside in!

For part of our preparation for Ike we moved ALL of the outside toys and furniture into the garage and shed. Boy do we have a lot of junk!! We ran out of room, so we moved the boys little slide thing into the living room for lack of a better place to put it. Who would have thought that this mere action would elevate this toy to premium status? I can't keep the kids out of it! YES, it's still sitting in my living room 3 weeks later. Cause they LOVE it!! And it entertains them so much I just can't bring myself to lug it back out! Ummm, I think that makes us white trash.

Egg head!

Isn't it truly awful? I can hardly stand looking at it!

The Sunday after Ike hit we were desperate to get out of the house and do something. Shockingly, our favorite toy store was open so we ran in just to entertain the kids for a bit. They have a Thomas train table, which is fun enough for an hour! Well they had this plastic kid sized chair next to the table that day, and Wyatt was trying to get into it when he fell and bonked his head right on the edge of the table. In an instant it was HUGE and black and purple and we were freaking out!!! We ran out of the store to take him somewhere cause it was truly awful, but nothing was open cause of the storm! So we took him home and I did some internet research and found out I shouldn't really worry about it that much! So that's what we did. But isn't it just hideous!? Our poor noodle.

Daddy, we gonna mow today?

These are the first words out of Noah's mouth, each and every morning when Josh walks in the door. I'm pretty certain it's all the boy thinks about. So I finally ran out and snapped some shots of them doing the deed. And let me tell you, that boy does not tucker out. He mows the entire thing right behind his daddy, tills he's beet red and sweating head to toe. Then he comes in and leaves dad to the edging and tells me it's time "for a little break." He's so cute!! We don't know what he'll do now that fall is coming and we're mowing less. We didn't mow last week cause the grass just didn't grow, and it was the end of the world to Noah J. But Josh is such a sucker for the boy I have the feeling someone will be mowing a lot this winter!

More park pictures!

Here are a handful of more pictures from the park with Maddie 2 weeks ago. I can't wait till it cools down just a smidgen more and we will go back! Fun!

I love the picture of the boys at the bottom of the slide. I was trying to get them to smile, but Wyatt just kept turning around and trying to climb back up. Noah's holding that big stick and he has such a mischievous smile on his face - it looks like Wyatt might not know what's coming! Actually, Noah and Maddie were using that stick to get rid of the bad dragons that were in the park. And then they made a "fire" with all of the sticks that had fallen down because of the storm. Noah said they were roasting marshmallows. YUM!

Wyatt at the park

So with the electricity out and everything closed we decided to go to the park last week. Sara took us to this new one in Tomball we had never been to and the kids had a blast. Here's Wyatt on the tire swing - he was cracking us up!

More water pictures!

So it only took a week, but here are the rest of the Discovery Green pics from August. Don't you just love them??

Mirror mirror on the wall!

Once again, these are old pictures I'm just now getting around to posting. These are from August 27th, so you can see I'm really behind!

We invited Adeline and Emerson to come with us to Discovery Green, and the kids had a blast. This time they had this new mirror covered gazebo and the kids loved it. They danced around and thought it was so special. Wyatt even got in on the action since he finally decided to walk! It was really pretty how the light reflected up on the kids. I'm sad we didn't get more pictures!

I'll post more DG pics later in the week!

New toys!

So these are actually from the 3rd, but I'm just now getting around to posting them. This week has been crazy with the hurricane, and I feel like doing something completely normal, so I decided to blog!

Speaking of Ike, the kids were troopers. Especially Noah J. As soon as the electricity started flashing around 1 am he came into our bed, but then basically just slept through the whole thing. Every time something hit our window he would wake up and then roll right back over and start snoozing. Now Wy C was another story. Once the electricity went out for good around 4 am he refused to sleep anywhere but in his Daddy's arms in a chair. So Josh was pretty exhausted the next day! But overall, it went better than we ever expected, especially since they didn't make Josh come into work.

So back to the pictures, here's Noah showing off his new cars his Grandpa got him that day. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it here, but Noah sleeps with about 100 toys in his bed. He has to make sure each and every one is there. Sometimes there's not even enough room for him the bed and I have to start throwing things off! Anyway, he was hamming it up so we grabbed the camera and took some pics!

New jammies!

I picked these jammies up for the kids at the Carters outlet last week for our camping trip. But I just couldn't resist putting Wy in his footed ones, and I also needed to see if they fit. Do you see how that sausage boy is just poured into it? I could hardly zip it up! I don't know what I was thinking buying that size. Once Noah saw Wyatt in his jammies he started jumping around and asking for his, so we went ahead and let them sleep in them. I would have been dying and miserably hot in them, but they didn't seem to notice!

Meet our new cat!

I just had to post this cause it cracked me up more than anything. After dinner and bath's tonight we ran over to Walgreens to rent a movie and get some popcorn. I brought Noah J in with me and promised him he could get something special, and he picked out this hello kitty marshmallow pop thing. So he ate it in the car and then when he got home he was pretty much done with it. So he starts calling, "Lily!! Lily!" And I ask him what he's doing. And he told me he thought Lily might want to eat his marshmallow. I was cracking up and told him Lily doesn't like marshmallow. So he goes, "Ok, I see if our new cat want to eat it." And then he ran into the kitchen and put the marshmallow on the floor in front of the halloween cat we bought at Lowe's yesterday. When Josh came into the kitchen he immediately got mad at Noah - "Noah, did you put your candy on the floor??!" I had to rush in and explain that the cat was eating it. We couldn't stop laughing so I made Josh run and get the camera. I love my crazy boy.

Steppin' time!

So not only is Wyatt officially a walker, but he's also a dancer! He was cracking us up throwing himself all over the room for Steppin' Time!

Noah's Ark Pool

Hmmm, I guess it was the week before last we took the kiddos over to the Noah's Ark pool at First Methodist Church. I read about it online last summer, but we never made it out there, but since Wy loves the water too, we thought it would be great fun for both of them. It was really nice - the kids had so much fun, and they also had a big pool that they liked swimming in. Wyatt was a little difficult cause he wanted to do everything on his own, and we kept having to remind him that he was a baby! He can hardly walk on land, nonetheless in water! So next summer it should be much better with the boys older. Fun fun fun!

A visit from Zoë

We were so excited cause we got to meet Zoë this week! And she was just as cute as her pictures! I love this picture of Noah and Zoë cause they really were happy to be laying next to each other. That is until Noah sat back up, then accidentally laid back down on top of her. She didn't like that so much! I was also happy cause I got to hang out with Courtney and Mike, and we even went to dinner without the kiddos! Yippee!

I can't wait till next summer when they move back here! You know Noah isn't a fan of strangers (even if he's met you before), but for some reason he just loves Courtney and Mike. He keeps picking up the phone and pretends to be calling Ms. Courtney. I ask him what she has to say and he always tells me she's sick. But not Zoë . Zoë not sick. Ms. Courtney sick. What?! Crazy kid.

Look at that crazy truck!

So I'm finally getting to the end of the pictures from over a week ago at Granny's house. Paula's cousins were in town visiting, and they brought their bright yellow truck. You know how Noah is about strangers, and he was not happy when we told him they would be there in the car. But as soon as he saw this truck all of his fears faded away. He screamed, "Look at that crazy truck!!!!" And since he was a good boy Robert and Charlotte let the boys drive the car before they went home. Do you see how happy Noah is? He just kept saying, "Look at these crazy seats! Look at this crazy....fill in the blank with anything about the truck." He was cracking us up!