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Noah at 3

stephanie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:23:17 +0000

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

stephanie — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:29:21 +0000

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

stephanie — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:37:35 +0000

New Cameras

stephanie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:26:26 +0000

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

stephanie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:32:37 +0000

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

stephanie — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:04:44 +0000

Sit ‘n Spin Fun

stephanie — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:23:50 +0000

The boys have figured out how to spin and also that it came with a handy snack table.

Finger Painting Fun

stephanie — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:47:26 +0000

The boys finger painted some valentines last week for the ladies in their lives. I rarely break out the paint, even though they absolutely love it. Here are some pictures and a short video of the fun.

Clapping!

Noah Clapping.

Thinking about his next move.

Rubbing it in.

Checking out his hands.

So messy.

Finger painting fun from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.

Wordless Wednesday – 02.16.2011

stephanie — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:20:59 +0000

Photo Friday – 02.11.2011

stephanie — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:12:26 +0000

Remember you can click on the first picture to see the whole picture, scroll, and see the captions.

My Messy Boys

stephanie — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:59:30 +0000

Last week Ezra and I were busy looking for a missing toy and Noah found a tub of lotion and got a spoon from the kitchen. Luckily he had opened it on the tile, so when Ez and I wondered upon him I let Ez join in for a bit.

Noah rubbing it in, yea this was some strong smelling lotion in large quantities!

Hooray they both have spoons now!

Stirring it up.

At least they were willing to clean it up!

Here is a short video of Ez skating on the lotion. He did really good and didn’t fall once. (He must have his daddy’s balance!) Wish I would have started taping earlier.

Skating on lotion from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.

Wordless Wednesday – 02.09.2011

stephanie — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:53:15 +0000

Photo Friday – 01.21.2011

stephanie — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:23:38 +0000

Their love for the vacuum continues

stephanie — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:07:11 +0000

More vacuum fun. from Stephanie Adams on Vimeo.

Remember you can click on the pictures to see them bigger and the captions.

Photo Friday – 01.14.2011

stephanie — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:22:28 +0000

Just click on the first picture and scroll through to see the pictures full sized and with my semi-whitty commentary.