Category: Noah

  • No Tooth Fairies!

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    A couple of days after Noah lost his first tooth, his second tooth was ready to come out.  We pulled it and he placed it in the tooth box under his pillow.  Shortly after putting them to bed, Matt heard some noises from their room.  He went to see what was going on and Noah was up, relocating the tooth to his fire plane, so the tooth fairy couldn’t find it.  Why?  He wanted to start his own tooth collection.  He really didn’t want a visit from the tooth fairy, so Matt helped him make a sign for the door.  Plus it was safely secured inside his fire plane.

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    We thought that was good enough, but a little while later Matt checked and noticed Noah laying in the middle of the floor.  He asked what he was doing and Noah responded, “I just can’t find it.”  He had decided to relocate his tooth from the fire plane but had dropped it.  We assured him the tooth fairy was not going to come and search for his lost tooth.  Daddy even showed him that he texted the tooth fairy to say she didn’t need to visit.  We finally convinced him to go to sleep and that in the morning we’d help him find the missing tooth for his collection.

     

    PS: We never tried to get the boys to believe in the tooth fairy, but thanks to friends and tv they really believe in her and it’s kind of adorable.

    PPS:  Mommy finally found the tooth wedged in the bottom of the fire plane.

  • First Visit From the Tooth Fairy

    Noah lost his first tooth! It was super loose and really bothering him, but was not easy to pull. Daddy couldn’t actually get a grip on the tooth so mommy had to pull it while daddy held him. He was getting anxious and needed a distraction. Luckily he provided his own when he tooted and began giggling. I pulled it out quickly. He cried for a bit, upsetting Ezra. Ezra was so upset thinking we had really hurt his brother. Noah recovered quickly, but Ezra stayed upset for a long time. (Noah was worried it was going to cause Ezra nightmares, aren’t twins adorable?)

    Our dentist gave us the tooth case and it glows in the dark. Noah thought it was glowing because the tooth fairy was inside it. He was excited to find she left him $1 for his tooth.

    Daddy Trying Happy it's over Ez was really upset Checking things out

  • Last day of school 2014

    What a great year. We decided to let them do one more year of preschool instead of sending them to kindergarden early. They really loved this year, made lots of great friends and learned a ton while having fun, both at school and in the afternoons at home.

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    First Day of school back in September

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    First Day of school back in September

     

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  • Rope Climb

    This happened all the way back on December 2! Noah made it to the top of the rope at gymnastics on only his second try. He was determined to get a prize, a gatorade, but he kept calling it a gator. We are so proud of him.

    Noah Climbing

  • Noah at 5

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    Color: red
    Sport: Riding bikes
    Animal: Cheetah
    Food: Carrots
    Book: Firefighter Rhino
    Season: Winter
    Restaurant: Cafe Lalibela (because it has injera)
    Holiday: Christmas
    Weather: Cold and Sunny
    Cereal: Squares (Cinnamon Toast)
    TV Shows: Lego Ninjago
    Movie: Incredibles
    Candy: Candy Cane
    Subject: Learning to write
    Toy: Firetruck Lego
    Thing to do: Go to Gamma and Papa’s house
    Place have been: Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia
    Place to be: Gamma and Papa’s house
    Place I want to go: Oklahoma
    Person: Gamma, Papa, Mommy, and Daddy
    Hero: Batman
    Time of Day: Evening
    Song: The ninja song on the beginning of ninjago
    Drink: Hot Cocoa
    Treat: Candy Canes
    Vacation: Colorado, Nana and Papa’s House

  • Noah at 4

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    Color: red
    Sport: Basketball
    Animal: Cow
    Food: Bagel with cream cheese
    Book: Firetrucks
    Season: Winter
    Restaurant: The restaurant at the end of the pier at the beach (funny I don’t remember him eating the food)
    Holiday: Christmas
    Weather: Cold and Sunny
    Cereal: Cheerios
    TV Shows: Fireman Sam
    Movie: Incredibles
    Candy: Cake
    Subject: Learning to write
    Toy: Firetrucks
    Thing to do: Relaxing
    Place have been: Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia
    Place to be: Home
    Place I want to go: Gamma and Papa’s
    Person: Daddy
    Hero: Firefighters
    Time of Day: When daddy’s home
    Song: If you’re happy and you know it
    Drink: Chocolate milk
    Treat: Candy Canes
    Vacation: Colorado

    Photo by Rachelle Tucker Photography

  • Strep Again

    Poor Noah has strep throat again. (Luckily he seems to be the only one this time. *fingers crossed*) We actually had no clue he was sick. He had a lack of appetite, but we just thought he was being a three year old. On Friday morning he was fine, maybe a little tired but happy and played well. We even went to lunch with Papa where he played his little heart out. When we got home he was almost immediately stricken by stomach pain. Since it was Friday and I didn’t want to deal with urgent care I decided to see if the doctor could get us in and they could.

    She immediately thought strep throat, but then become worried when Noah was clearly in severe pain. We tried to get urine for more tests but no luck. She told me if the pain didn’t subside and he developed a fever to take him to the Children’s hospital. She was now worried about appendicitis.

    I made my parents pick up Ez and had Matt come to the doctor’s office because I couldn’t take anymore of Noah’s pain. Matt was just what Noah needed, he fell asleep in Matt’s arms. Which the doctor took as a good sign and we were sent home and told to just take his temp regularly.

    Noah wanted to go to daddy’s office while I got his prescription filled. He perked up when he got to play with the ipad by himself. He had one more hour long bought of severe pain when we got home and we almost left for the hospital, but he never did get a fever. Two doses of antibiotics and he is on the mend.

    Ezra was very upset he couldn’t help take Noah to the doctor, but he ended up having a great afternoon with Gamma, Papa, and Abby.

  • Conversing with Nature

    “Birds, you’re not eating?” – Noah

    Bird chirps back at him

    “Oh okay, that’s fine.” – Noah

    (The boys made bird seed feeders a while back with Gamma and Papa, they are hanging in our trees, for some reason the birds haven’t touched them.)

  • Noah at 3

    Noah is serious and shy, but also fun loving. Ezra is the only one that can get a true belly laugh out of him. He loves everything to be done correctly and perfectly. He is strong willed and persistent. He is also loving, kind, and thoughtful. He takes very good care of his brother and loves to take care of mommy. He loves learning, drawing, and music.

    Color: red
    Sport: T-Ball
    Animal: Bugs
    Food: mac and cheese
    Book: Green Eggs and Ham
    Season: Anytime we can play outside

    Restaurant: One where he can get a dessert
    Holiday: Christmas, Halloween
    Weather: Rainy (I’m just putting this because they get so excited when they see rain)
    Cereal: Oatmeal (poor kid doesn’t know anything else)
    TV Shows: Super Why, Thomas, Yo Gabba Gabba
    Movie: Cars (okay this is the only movie they’ve actually watched)
    Candy: Chocolate

    Subject: Alphabet (he knows the letters and is working on the sounds)
    Toy: Trains
    Thing to do: Play trains with Ezra
    Place have been: Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia
    Place to be: beach
    Place I want to go: Gamma’s house

    Person: Mommy
    Hero: Daddy
    Time of Day: When daddy’s home
    Song: If you’re happy and you know it
    Drink: apple juice
    Treat: Marshmallow
    Vacation: Disneyland

  • Don’t Separate Them

    Over the weekend Noah and I were reading books and Matt and Ezra left to get dinner. I guess Noah didn’t realize what was happening and this is what happened after about 5 minutes and he couldn’t find his brother.

    looking for Ezra from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.

    He is saying Ezra if you can’t translate through the crying. Oh and don’t worry I picked him up and we cuddled until Ezra got home.

  • Wordless Wednesday – 03.09.2011



  • New Cameras

    After a friend posted pictures her kids took, I immediately asked her which camera they had. She told me about this camera and how durable it was. I began watching ebay for a good deal since I wanted to buy two. I finally found two from one seller and got my deal. They arrived yesterday and the boys have been snapping away. Matt and I love looking at their pictures even though they are graining and a ton of them are all black. Ezra is really getting it down and was doing good aiming it this morning. Noah just loves pushing buttons. I just hope he stops putting the flash against his eye and pushing the button.

    Here are a few of our favorite pics so far.

  • Learning their letters


    Last summer we bought the boys one of those kids’ laptops at a consignment store as a special toy for our long drive to Colorado. They played with it off and on after that and then a couple months ago they really started playing with it and not just pushing buttons.

    The laptop teaches letters and phonics, I never really thought much about it. Until we were at a neighbor’s house and Noah was playing with their magnetic alphabet and started telling her the letters.

    Yes they learned their letters from an electronic toy! I was going to start working with them closer to three, but I guess they are ready now. They love to point out letters everywhere we go, even while driving they read the building signs.

    They have a favorite letter and it is W! When Ez first started saying it, it sounded more like “double U.” For a few letters they say the object associated with the letter instead of the actual letter. S is “sunshine.” H is “hippo.” J is “airplane,” it is a jet on the laptop, but they know all flying objects as airplane. Ezra’s ‘k’ is “cake,” it took me a while to figure this one out since “kiss” is the word association on the laptop. The laptop says “k” and then does the “k” sound immediately after and it sounds just like cake.

    They don’t know all the letters yet, it is quite obvious they had some favorite object associations in on the laptop.

  • Wordless Wednesday – 03.02.2011