rumble rumble (a movie)

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overheard: a funny conversation between noah and kate. (thanks to irene for the movie!)

biking boy (a movie)

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in which noah rides a big boy bike!!! (for a very short time.)

the chair finds its home (a movie)

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our new museum is so awesome!!!

we checked out our brand new museum this weekend, and we are so so excited! we will definitely be spending tons of time there this winter. in one of the exhibits, aaron made this stop-motion movie of a chair traveling through a dollhouse. as he's playing his movie on the screen, you can see noah, who is playing with the dollhouse in front of the camera. pretty cool!

counting wipes (a movie)

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i ordered a box of baby wipes in bulk, and this afternoon noah amused himself for a very long time taking them out of the box, lining them up on the couch, counting them and then putting them back in the box. and then starting over, again and again. what i love is that his counting sequences always seem to start with 3, but he then goes right in a row up to 12, which is actually the right number. mysterious!

piggy bank (a movie)

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wherein we take noah's first full piggy bank to the bank coin machine. exciting!

energy (a movie)

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noah gets out some pre-nap energy by running around the house. (please note the big-boy haircut, the cat-scratch bruise under his eye and the very funny grumpy face mid-way through the movie.)

funny walk 2 (a movie)

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a bit more funniness

funny walk (a movie)

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noah struts his stuff around the neighborhood

mother's day at the beach

we had a very relaxing mother's day, which was exactly the thing after two long weekends in seattle (more on that next post). aaron got up early to make me breakfast: fruit salad, coffee and the delicious and not-at-all-good-for-you orange rolls that come in a little tube with frosting. it was great. and he and noah gave me some new gardening tools for my theoretical new garden. i'm looking forward to getting them dirty!

we spent the morning at clayton beach, which was a great place to relax and let noah explore. he was very tentative at first, given the dirtyness of the sand and the coldness of the water, but he got used to both and enjoyed himself a lot. his favorite part was climbing up a little sand dune with aaron and running down again at full speed, yelling "geronimo!" see video below.


aaron also made me a chocolate cheesecake for dessert that night, which was awesome. actually, i'm now reminded that there's still one piece left in the fridge... must go check!

bike basket (a movie)

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wherein noah thanks the wassell boys for his new treats, most of which are stored in the basket of his new little bike from daddy. not a very exciting video, but a chance to hear noah's little voice and check out some of his birthday loot...