preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snap shots of noah dressed up as a pink "ghost," doing art projects, reading, playing with excavators, wearing mickey mouse ears while chiseling ice for a science project, and saying "cheese" in a noah-sized snow globe!

love, laurie

our little character

the spring main-stage musical is "cabaret" this year at our university and we're well underway working on it.  so i'm deep in the trenches with costumes.  i ordered a wig for the actress who is playing sally and when it arrived noah was excited to try it on!  he could be the understudy!

he's a theatre kid for sure.  he hangs out at mom's theatre and dad's theatre, he helps us with tech work, he helps me with costumes, he is constantly singing, and he likes his private ballet classes with mama.

love, laurie

our four-leaf clovers

i have mentioned so many times before that ryan seems to have a knack for finding four-leaf clovers.  (he has found dozens and i have still never found a single one.)  

i have saved so many of the ones that ryan has found over the years by pressing them between pieces of wax paper.  they have been piling up in my jewelry box waiting to be displayed in some fashion, but i could never think of what to do with them until now.

i got the idea to search for a picture frame holder that would allow a photo to float between two pieces of glass and i was happy to find one.  i put several of the clovers in there and i think it's a neat little thing to display.  

this isn't all of the ones that ryan has found, but it's a nice way to display them and remember them instead of having them all in a jewelry box.

there's even one five-leaf clover in there too!

love, laurie

a tent for everyone!

noah's not the only one who loves the new tent from grandma and grandpa . . . leko thinks it's a pretty nice hang out spot too!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent snapshot from preschool of noah playing with a magnet puzzle, chillin' on his nap mat with grandma's christmas penguin, learning about ice skating by making a toy "skate" on frozen water in a tin, drawing time, doing great at the obstacle course, building tall towers with magnetic blocks, and getting really good at tracing shapes!

love, laurie 

a little day trip

last week ryan and i took an impromptu day off work as one last hoorah before the spring semester begins.  we took a trip to new jersey to hit up several of our favorite stores that we don't have nearby where we live.  along the way we stopped at the cheesecake factory for lunch.  we had a gift certificate that we wanted to use and i had a reward for a free slice of cheesecake for my birthday as well.

it was a fun (and tasty) little trip to get out of town for a moment before the craziness began!

love, laurie

silly shenanigans

some recent silly noah shenanigans include him sorting through my hair supplies and saying, "mom, you know what?  i want a doughnut bun."  okay, kid, one doughnut bun coming up just like mama!

and this guy dressing up just like a worker at roba farms in the fall sporting his halloween sweatshirt, glow stick, walkie-talkie, boots, and a pen.  what a character!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots and artwork

some recent snapshots of noah at school and his artwork.  his favorite part of the school day is definitely the art time!

love, laurie

birthday celebrations

my birthday was on tuesday, and we took the day off work to celebrate.  while noah was in school, ryan and i spent the morning using lots of birthday rewards / freebies at some nearby stores.  we had lunch a mansour's market because we haven't been there in over 3 years, and then ryan booked me a deep tissue massage.  the massage was much needed because i haven't had one in over a decade and my body is sore!

after we picked up noah from school we went to my parents' house to celebrate with our family.  my mom made the most delicious dinner and dessert, then mr. noah helped open presents for me.  a few photos . . .

love, laurie

a merry little kitty christmas

leko is still enjoying the christmas tree skirts so we haven't taken down our two christmas trees yet.  we'll let him get as much enjoyment out of them as possible before they are all packed up for the year.

love, laurie