Snow Day!

Noah and I were playing with his GeoTrax Train when he shouted, "Snow!" I turned around and larger-than-life snowflakes were falling! I told him to go get his coat and boots while I got my camera. I quickly went outside to video the snowflakes falling (you never know how long they will last in El Paso!). He got upset because he thought I was going outside without him!
I helped him get dressed for outside and the first thing he did was to tilt his face toward the sky and try to catch a snowflake in his mouth! I taught him how to make snowballs and snowangels. Then we made a little Texas-sized snowman together. It's small because we didn't have much snow to work with and that was about all he had the patience for.
24 hours later our snowman has shrunk a little, but is still standing. What a beautiful way to end 2010.

Writing!

Noah's writing the individual letters in his name!

Christmas Tool Set for Noah

Noah has a lot of work to do around the house! He got a tool set for Christmas complete with a hard hat and tool belt. He loves it! It's so cute to hear him say "pliers" and "drill." It's really great for fine motor skills. He works really hard at using the screwdriver to put a screw in. Absolutely adorable!

Disneyland Train 2

So excited to ride the train!

Disneyland Train

One of Noah's favorite rides!

Ladybug Ride

We laughed & laughed as we spun around! A great little kid ride! :)

First Time to Ride Splash Mountain

The last few times we've been to Disneyland, Noah cries because he wants to go on Splash Mountain with Ryan. I take him to the entry of Splash Mountain to show him how tall he has to be to go on the ride. This last December, we took him to the height indicator and he is taller than it! So he got to ride!

He was very excited. He liked seeing all the animals and hearing the songs. "The big hill," as he calls it, was a little scary to him but he didn't cry. He did not like the wave of water splashing over us at the end because it was so cold. However, when it was time to get off, Noah said, "Let's do that again!"

So we did. :0)

The picture above is going down "the big hill" on our second ride. If you look very closely at the top of the picture, Noah is next to me. You can just barely see his gray hood! He's so little and so brave!