His first John Deere

Noah's 3rd birthday gift from Grinny & Grampy (my parents). We're going to get him a real riding mower next so that he can start doing the lawn.

Noah is 3!!!

Noah turned 3 three weeks ago and, of course, I am just getting around to posting photos of his party. We had his party at home again, but this time we rented a bounce house for the kids. It was actually a very reasonable price - and totally worth it because what kid doesn't like to bounce?

Listening to everyone sing Happy Birthday

Everyone waiting for cake!

Opening gifts

His first Cons, from Uncle Rich & Lana

What Noah & I did after eveyone left

Getting his special gift from Grinny & Grampy...

Concentrating so hard

He got the hang of it pretty quickly

More pictures here.

I just can't believe my little 'baby' is three!

St. Louis

In April, my mother & I headed to St. Louis for a conference. I've never been to St. Louis, but of course my first (and only) thought was that we had to see the Arch (of course!). Lucky for us, our hotel was right across the street from it, so on our last day there we headed over. It's a pretty impressive piece of architecture and made for a few cool pictures (or would have if I knew how to compose a nice photo). Anyway, here a few pics from the trip.

You can see our hotel on the left side of this pic.

We went to a dinner that was sponsored by the conference. Here is the view from our table. (Taken with the camera phone, hence the crap quality.)

To get to the top of the arch, you get in a ridiculously tiny pod (which is supposed to hold 5 people) and take a rickety-ass ride to the top. I just knew some belt somewhere was going to break any minute and we would be stranded forever.

View from the top.

Another view where you can see the ballpark.

And...one more while it's fresh in my mind

I walked into the kitchen this weekend to find stickers on every cabinet and the oven. When he had time to create this masterpiece, I don't know.

Me: (stopping and staring at the cabinets)
Noah: (follows me into the kitchen and sees me staring. He looks at me...and then at the cabinets..and then back at me.) Solemnly says: "Mom, they're just stickers."

Conversations with Noah

So, as you can see below, I've decided to make note of the little conversations Noah and I have so I can torture him with all this cuteness when he's about 15. By that time he'll already think I'm stupid and annoying, so what have I got to lose?

I fully realize that I will think these posts are much cuter, funnier and more clever than anyone else who reads them. To which I say "suck it".

Conversations with Noah

Me: (After waking Noah up) Did you sleep well?
Noah: Yes. Did Swiper come in the house?
Me: Ummm, no. Did you dream about Swiper last night?
Noah: Yes. And I told Swiper I wanted some orange juice.

Easter eggs

Just about to start dyeing Easter eggs. Noah can barely contain himself!

After we were done and he had taken a bath, he insisted on coming back to tke kitchen so he could see them one more time. He also asked if he could sleep with one egg. (I said no.)

Mom! Fire truck!

He could not have been more excited about the drama going on across the street. Fire trucks are his absolute favorite. (Trevor is secretly disappointed.)

Snow

My mother & I were in North Carolina for a few days this past week. It snowed the last 2 days we were there and it was beautiful!

Noah's latest school picture. Notice the fire truck that he insisted on including in the picture, according to his teacher. :)