A Nolan update

Here's a little bit about what our Nolan boy has been up to lately...

He's growing and learning stuff so quickly we are having a hard time keeping up with ALL of his questions. I never new there could be SO many questions about what EACH sign says as we're driving down the street. For example, "what do those arrows say? why does it say don't go that way? why are those people walking on those two lines?" You get the picture...actually I'm not sure that you can get the picture until you're trapped in the car with him! :)

He attends preschool at the YMCA on Mondays & Wednesdays, and he LOVES it. He insisted that if he had to wear green to school on St. Patrick's Day, then so did Audrey and I since his teachers would see us drop him off.

He has been noticing the letters in his name on signs or any store front and saying, "Hey Mom-there's N for Nolan, etc." but on March 15th he surprised us by writing his name out on this little whiteboard. We had NO idea that he could do that yet!! Now he does it all the time, with what ever he can, finger in the air, finger in the sand, finger in the yogurt he spilled on the table. He's quite proud of his new skill, and now he's working on the rest of our names.

It's been easier convincing him that he needs to get in the tub now that we've discovered homemade tub paints. Hallelujah! If you're wondering about the baby tub that he's in, yep we still use that for both kids, our tub doesn't hold the water in very well and he has never liked taking baths in our tub (we don't have a clue why).

If you're ever looking for him and it's awfully quite in the house, this is usually where he can be found. He loves to play his PBSkids.org and Nickjr.com games SO much-literally he can go for hours if we let him. Since this captures his attention for so long, and he seems to learn quite a bit from them, I decided to move our old PC (he refers to it as his "new puter") in to his room, so when Audrey is napping and I have to do some work with my at-home scheduling assistant job, he can usually be found doing this. Judge me all you want, we have to do what works for us!

Nolan still plays in Rubbermaid tubs whenever they are available, but he does include Audrey in the fun now!

He's also trying to teach her how to play super heros, and is quite patient when he finds yet another toy of his in her mouth.

The best part about Nolan is that he tells us numerous times a day that he loves each one of us. I counted one day and got up to 23 times that he said, "Mom, I love you". That doesn't even count how many times he tells Kenny or Audrey. He is also the first to say "I missed you!!" when we pick up from preschool or Kenny comes home from work. He's our reminder that no matter what the days bring, those three little words make it all worth while.