Mission Accomplished

Park

We've been working to get Noah's new park finished. It has a taken a little bit longer than expected, but Travis is making progress.

School, School, School

Officially back to school and buried under paperwork. I missed the first day of school thanks to a wicked stomach bug. I haven't graded anything. I have five different copies of rosters, lists of IEPs to get copies of, and lesson plans to finish. Yikes. But the good news is the classes are going well, and I haven't had any major problems so far.
Noah started at his new daycare, which we call school, and he's having a good time. The first day was a little rough, but he didn't even cry yesterday or today when we dropped him off. He got a new backpack in honor of the occasion and is very proud of it as you can see. Also he has not had any wet or dirty pants accidents at school. He also has been using the potty for number two, which is good. Of course, it means mom and dad have to pony up the cash for his park soon. I think it's on the agenda for the weekend.
He also had to get new shoes because his foot has grown. I let him get the uglies Lightning McQueen shoes ever to play in. I'm a pushover. He also seems to be all legs right now.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend.

Everybody Poops and Everybody gets old

I am officially old as I reached the big 30 last week. It didn't feel any differently than the big 29 so far so good. Trav and I also celebrated our 10th anniversary this evening with a fine dinner of hamburger helper with Noah. That's true love folks. *He did send nice flowers, and we had a nice dinner the night before so don't think we're that bad)
We've been busy with work and getting ready for school. In-service starts Monday and classes start on Thursday. So next week will be challenging, but it should be better than last year.
Good news is that Noah has successfully pooped in the potty. So we're making great progress on that front. Also it has cooled off and that means we're not as cranky.
Noah's mood has improved since going back to daycare because he has been reunited with his girlfriends. They're twins and the three of them make quite the trio. Sadly (for them but not for me) he will be starting a new daycare a week from Monday so their reunion will be short lived. He has already said that he would get new girlfriends at the new school. I'm trying to get a picture of him with Lily and Layla, but it rained last night so they couldn't meet on the playground today. Too bad.

No news

Haven't posted in a bit because there hasn't been much fun going on around here. It has been terribly hot - which makes mommy cranky. Noah has tonsillitis again!!!! The third time in six months or so. He didn't even have a cold this time. So he has been cranky too. I hope everyone else is having more fun than we are.

No-No's Week

Noah often refers to himself in third person as "No-No." It's pretty funny. He spent the last week with Grandpa and Grandma Barnes riding tractors and going to the post office. Marci attended four "hell-ish" days at a Great Expectations workshop in Lawton. It was way too much touchy-feely stuff for my taste, but I did meet some decent people and did a little networking. It also put me in the mood to get ready to go back to school. So I've been stocking up on cheap things I can use in the classroom. Good times.
The big news around here is that Noah has been using the potty!!!!! Hooray. He's had one wet pull-up in the a.m. and one wet accident since the fourth of July. He's been a real superstar with the number one. The number two, however, is another subject. He tries but it hasn't worked out for him yet. Good news is that he tries. So he will get there soon. Once he gets it together, he has been promised a "park" for the backyard (swingset/fort).
It's kind of weird that the celebrations in my life have been reduced to the bowel movement of others.

Noah's Chair

Today I gave Noah his new chair that I had ordered for Christmas. Once it got here I realized there was no way I could store it for six months. He loved it and sat in it to play his "banjo" (also known as a backyardigans guitar). As you can see we have been wearing Elmo pants. He has been doing ok with them. Some days are drier than others.