Walking to the creek

Noah and I like to go for a walk to the creek. It as a long walk for a 3 year old but he does really well. I only have to carry him a little way on the way back. We go down a dirt road and he likes to sit there and play in the dirt.
Noah, "It makes me so happy to play in the dirt!"

One day on the way there we saw a bunch of students on a field trip, Noah said "Hi guys!" and we went on our way.
A few of them walked by the creek, Noah, "Hi I'm throwing rocks."

On the way back we saw some crow's flying around making noise. Noah, "What is that?"
Me, "Crows"
Noah, "They say AWW AWW"
Noah, "Say it... say AWW AWW!"
Me, "AWW AWW"
Noah continues to CAW on the way back, he says it is a scary noise and he caws at the bee's, butterflies, ect... to scare them away.

We see the students again on the way back, Noah, "I am going to say AWW to them." He just goes up to a group of students and says, "AWW AWW!" they look at him like he is crazy. I just say he saw some crows, and they smile at him.
He goes up to another group and does this again, "AWW AWW!" they are younger and don't understand.

We keep going and he plays in the dirt again, and we have to go check if the strawberries are ripe, (they are just flowers now).

I still haven't cleaned out that closet... well the walk was more fun.

J.

Day Off

I have an extra day off during the week now! Well worth working ten hour days. I am so used to getting up early that waking at 5am is sleeping in, and everyone else is still sleeping.

My house is getting crowded with all my daughters stuff, and this is just the begining. It is working a little better than I expected, at least for now.
I also have a hamster, but he never bites and so far he has been no trouble. I think I need to set him up with a bigger and better cage though. His cage is medium size so it is alright, I am just thinking of all the hamster accessories he could have, (like setting up Barbie's house when we were kids)... that was more fun than playing Barbies. The hamster dream house is my goal.

I need to clean out my closet too, that is my least favorite thing to do. It is a perfect time because my sister is having a yard sale this weekend. I know if you having worn something in a year throw it out... I have stuff I haven't worn for 5 years. Well I figure the rule doesn't apply if you wear uniforms to work.

Today I have to go to Walmart, which I am dreading, the store just sucks you in and even if you want ONE thing, you end up spending at least $80 and then you wonder how that happened and what the hell you bought. I know I can buy some hamster stuff.

Noah

I have just spent an entire week with him, while on vacation. I am just going to attempt to write down some of the things he says so that I can remember them later.
He talks non stop, and you have to pay attention to everything he says. If you can't understand what he said, he will keep repeating it, and you can't just say, "yeah Okay" he is too smart for that and will ask you, "What did Noah say?" If you do not get it right he will repeat it again, and eventually start a screaming fit.
Example: Noah, "The bird is _______ his house."
Me, "The bird is in his house?"
Noah, "No, the bird is ________his house."
Me, "The bird wants in his house?"
Noah, (now screaming and crying) "NO! The bird _______ his house!"

After trying to calm him down and having him repeat this sentance three or four more times, I finally got it, "The bird is building his house." As soon as I said it he stopped crying and went on with what he was doing, building something with blocks.
He is constantly pretending, he is either a baby penguin, a baby bird, a baby rabbit, Bambi, a shark, a dinasour, lion, tiger, or a baby hamster.
Noah, "Do you know who is chasing us?"
Me, "No, who is chasing us?
Noah, "Sharks!"
Me, "Oh no! what are we going to do?"
Noah, "Say, What color are those sharks?"
Me, "What color are those sharks?"
Noah, "Blue ones, Black and Red sharks."
He then goes on with either, "I'm going to eat those sharks!" or "We have to eat those sharks!" or "We better swim faster to get away from the sharks." or it could happen that Winnie the Pooh will save us from the sharks.

If he happens to be Bambi there is usually a "bad deer" and he is going to fight it.
He is an amazing kid, he is with his other grandparents for the weekend and I miss him already.