Play Date With Daddy

Hunter and Noah had a boys weekend last weekend and boy did they have a blast.  Saturday morning after playing really hard at The Little Gym they met Nana and had even more fun.  First they went to Herman Park where they walked ALL over, rode the train and played on all the play grounds.  After the park, they went to the Natural History Museum where Noah saw dinosaurs and all kinds of other cool stuff.  After all that walking they needed some super scrumptious lunch, so for the first time Noah ate McDonald's chicken nuggets and fries.  It must be catnip for children; it is hard to get him to eat any food, but he tore into his Micky D's!  Noah was exhausted on the way home from all the playing and walking and he fell asleep with a graham cracker in his hand and mouth.  He just took a bite and then passed out.  

First time eating McDonald's.  

He loved it of course... :-)

He was so tired on the way home he fell

asleep with the Graham Cracker in his hand!

No means No

Noah just graduated from his Bugs class at the little gym and is now in the Beasts class. He even has a yellow ribbon to show his achievement!  We had our first Beast class the other week and it seems to be a pretty good fit for him. He was a little advanced for the Bugs class and there are older kids in the Beasts class so he can watch and learn from them. Right before his first class we were in the lobby waiting for class to begin and there was a little girl there who caught Noah’s eye. She was 26 months (he was 16 ½ months). Gasp! An older woman… Well, they flirted and giggled and had a blast together. He would run off during the exercises and I would find him playing on the springboard under where she was sitting. Anyway, toward the end of class, Noah must have gotten too excited and tried for first base (the hug). I looked over and he was hugging her and walking at the same time. Well, he didn’t let go and accidentally tackled her and they both went flying to the ground and rolling around. Noah got up all pleased with his first base run and she was so upset. Poor little thing cried for the rest of class and would not participate in any activities. We are working on being gentle and the No Touching, but obviously it is still a work in progress. I do have to say; hopefully I will be as calm and nice as the little girls parents if/when Noah gets tackled by another kid. I would feel bad putting the smack down on a 2 year old.

Because I Feel Like Dancing

Every Saturday Noah is enrolled in the Birds class at the Little Gym (he graduates next week and will become a Beast :-) ). Each week, there is a "theme" to the class and last week, it was Independence. We were letting the little ones explore the gym and give them some room to do it on their own. Noah is not a shy boy, nor does he have a problem running off on his own. He is extremely independent and outgoing. At the end of class all the parents were to sit at the side of the room away from the kiddos to see if they would play without us hovering over them. Well, Noah decided he didn't want to play with the balls anymore and was really enjoying the music in the background so he walked to the middle of the room, in front of all the parents and started to dance and work his jazz hands. It was very cute in itself, but he also is not very coordinated, so he would rock back and forth (dancing) and then look to one side, jazz hand on that side, stop rocking look at the other hand, rock and then jazz hand on that side. It was so funny and he had a wonderful time. All the parents clapped for the kids at the end, but he thought it was for him. Probably the funniest thing I have seen him do lately.