H2O is way fun

Here's Noah playing at the spray park near our house. This was back in the summer of course. He had big fun every time we went. He just loved it. He'd cry when we had to leave. He didn't even mind getting pails of water dumped on his head. Sorry he's not really doing much here, but I never seemed to have the camera on when he was doing something really interesting.

Fun with the bundt

Noah playing with a bundt pan and a piece of what I believe used to be a turkey baster. I love when he puts his face right on the pan to look into it. SO CUTE!

Giggles, grins and art

Noah is such a happy little boy and his toothy smile is truly infectious. And his artwork... well, it's just genius. This is Noah's very first crayon drawing. Isn't it a fantastic masterpiece? It is currently on display on the Howard refrigerator.

Noah Up Close

While you were cleaning...

I was cleaning this morning and since Noah is not a fan of the vacuum cleaner, he ran to his room in an effort to get a safe distance from it. After a few minutes, I went and checked on him and he was happily sitting in the rocking chair, looking at books. I went on with my vacuuming and then started scrubbing the tile with clorox wipes. When I didn't hear a peep from him for a while, I thought I'd better go check on him and this is what I found:

I was quite surprised that my little sleep fighter had put himself to sleep. Poor buddy was tuckered out - he had a rough night. So I moved him to his crib and he took a nice long nap.

Soaking up the sun on the deck

Ah! Summer on the back deck. Noah would play and putter around, slathered in sunscreen, while I sat in a rocking chair reading a novel. Lovely! Just lovely! (Not very many easy breezy moments like that in motherhood. LOL)

Water Water Everywhere! Yay!

Oh the joy! Water falling, spraying, squirting and splashing! This little spray park (at the local neighborhood park) is a blessed three blocks from our house and Noah LOVES it. Over the summer, if I brought him to the park without bringing swim diapers, towels, etc., therefore skipping the spray park, he would fuss and toddle over to it repeatedly until we just had to go home. When I did go prepared for the water, he would fuss when we had to leave. He loves playing in water and this little park was a supreme delight for him. And he was delightful to watch as well. They ended up having to shut it down early this summer because of e.coli (eek!) but it's been sanitized and re-tested and all is well again for next summer! These pictures were taken on a trip there with Daddy, which was even more fun. Everyone in the family was soaked (read: Daddy held Mama under the pails of dumping water) and worn out and happy.