Color Week Day 1: Red

It's A Day of RED

Noah and I have joined up with some other bloggers in a fun filled week of color through our children's eyes.  Kerry, from Young Ones, has rounded up for a week of fun.  Let her know if you would like to join in!  I gave Noah, who is 2.5, our old camera, which he loves playing with but he really just likes pushing the button at this point so we got a lot of wall and carpet shots, we will keep working on it.  So alternative to finding red I asked Noah to find it around the house and then his lizard friend joined in so you will be seeing Noah and Lizard on a Color Adventure all week.  I thought that was cute and Noah loves is.  Kerry I must say that this couldn't have come at a better time, my husband has been a little worried about Noah knowing his colors, what a great learning experience through play and our daily lives, thanks again!

Picture 1: Noah and Lizard with RED hammer

Picture 2: Lizard spotted on the RED table bench

Picture 3: Lizard spotted in a RED tunnel

Picture 4: Lizard spotted on Noah's very fast, RED shoes

Interview with Noah

A fellow blogger, Kerry, has been posting interviews of her children, husband and herself.  It is really cute.  So I have decided to steal the idea and post interviews of our family.  Remember Noah is 2 1/2  so he is a little preoccupied with other things than sitting down to talk. :-)

What is your favorite food? cereals and these things (meaning the fruit snacks that were in his hand as we were talking)
What kind of pizza do you like? pepperoni
Where do you like to play? playgrounds
Who do you like to play with? Kenzie (that is our neighbor)
What is your favorite color?  i don't know (he isn't too into talking about colors)
What is your favorite animal? Molly
What kind of animal is Molly? a beagle
What song do you like to sing? Veggie Tales
Where do you live? Texas
Are we moving? yes  Where? Iowa
Who lives in Iowa? Papa, Grandma, Buck-O, Grandma

Signs of Warmer Weather

Signs of warmer weather come in different forms for lots of people.  A few things around our house that are sure fire signs that warmer weather has arrived:
*Noah prefers a popsicle for dessert, treat, or any reason if we are offering(but what kid wouldn't)
*Noah informs me that that my legs are "prickly, I don't like it" (I guess that means if I am going to wear shorts, I need to shave more often)
*Baths/Showers happen a couple times a day for purposes of entertainment, cooling off and getting the dirt off
*Noah wants to wear his sandels, but thanks to Buck-O (that's G-pa Elder) he wants to wear them with socks
*David has put away all other shoes and lives in his flip flops
*Every toy turns into a lawn mower
*We have to check the temperature of the pool water about everyday
*My pastey white legs are on display
*We grill atleast couple times a week
*Our balcony is littered with chalk and water buckets
*Windows are wide open for fresh air, but also sadly in Texas we have already used the air conditioner a couple days in a row

What signs are you all seeing in your homes?

A Busy Weekend

Our family enjoyed a four day weekend together. We had an Easter egg hunt with a one of Noah's school friends and a few other 2 year olds on Friday.   David and I also had a date on Friday, it has been awhile.

Noah and William (sorry it is fuzzy)

This is one of my favorite pics of Noah from the weekend, I have a lot of favorites from the weekend.

Noah and William again.

Saturday we didn't do too much, and that was just fine.  Noah and I walked to the donut store that morning then we went over to the Baughman's and played in their backyard and ordered pizza for lunch.  A great day.  A good friend of mine, has been talking about time wasters and I thought about that a lot this weekend when I had so much time to be with Noah and David especially with all that is going on in our lives in the next two months.  I also attended an Easter Vigal at St. Matthews Episcopal, I have never attended one before and it was long, very long but also a beautiful service.

Easter Sunday the weather was beautiful and we had a good day even though is was long.  We spent the day at church and with our 'Texas Family'.  Though naps were cut short and patience grew thin as the day went on it was a great time with family and wouldn't have traded the day for anything else.

Do boys ever grow up?  (I will admit I rode in the jeep too!)

I couldn't leave this picture out from the weekend!

Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend!

Noah's Musical Performance

Noah has been singing to us in the car, as he lays in bed, on the balcony, everywhere. I was telling David we need to get this recorded for all to see and really blackmail when he gets older and thinks he is way cooler than his ol'parents! Hope you enjoy the program.

Omaha Zoo with Grandma and Papa!

While we were in Iowa last week Noah and I met my parents at the Omaha Zoo for some fun.  Here are some pics.

Back to the Real World

Well we have done a lot over our spring break in Iowa this last week.  Now we have to go back to the 'real, current' part of our lives.  Work, housework, Noah to school it is all still happening even though we are dreaming and planning for our move this summer.  What a difficult time to live in the now, when we are dreaming and thinking of what is to come!  So back to the real world:
 ~ We purchased a bedrail for Noah's toddler bed, he still gets out of bed but for the last couple of nights it has only been once or twice and he just walks back to his bed with us.
 ~ Noah is testing like mad.  A lot of people say that is was the 'terrible threes' for them I am hoping this is the 'terrible twos' (if that is what this testing is) and it doesn't get worse at three.
 ~ David is back on campus working of the final layouts of the composition journal and I hope he will be cracking open that dissertation again (SOON).
~ I am back at work of course and making list and list of 'To Do' in the next couple of months.  It is usually like this at this time of year with the school year finishing up but now that we are moving I want to make sure that I leave everything nice, neat and super clear for whoever steps into my shoes.

~ The weather has been gorgeous, here in Texas!  Barefeet, t-shirts and fun with water on our balcony.