Happy Birthday, Noah!

Three years ago Noah Calvin joined our family and life has been extremely entertaining since then.

3 things I love about my Noah:

• his smile


• his nose kisses


• how full of life he is
  
  

Some of Noah's favorites at age 3:

• His favorite things to eat are candy, chocolate milk, chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, pretzels, cheese, and PIZZA!


• His favorite movie is anything with Scooby Doo in it


• He loves "Papa Bear" books as he likes to call the Berenstein Bears books


• His favorite toys are Batman and Robin and the villains, Star Wars, and his Pup-Pup and Kitty stuffed animals


• He absolutely loves animals; he's always trying to pet and hold our cats and enjoys getting their food for them.


• He loves to throw and catch any ball


• He loves to color


• He is left-handed though he'll occasionally use his right hand


• He loves to play with Savannah and Xander though he can play by himself really well
  

• His favorite person in the whole world: his Uncle Bryan
  

• He's always such an angel - look at him folding his arms so nicely to say a prayer...
  

• NOT! This kid has one whollop of a temper. The above picture is actually a shot of his infamous "hang-dog" look. Below is a shot of his face, a perfect display of what Noah can be like.
  

• He loves to sing and dance and has always had a little boogie to his step
  
• I have always had a problem with him being a runner - he constantly runs away from me when we are out in public. Needless to say, I do NOT find this practice of his amusing and it has caused some great anxiety in my life. He is doing much better though as he gets older.
• He is my questioner, my only child who asks "Why?" all the time
• He loves to take showers and will run around the house afterwards and yell, "I naked! I naked!"
• His nicknames are Nose and No-No, the latter being what he prefers. If one of us says to him, "Noah, you are so cute" he replies, "I not cute! I N0-No!"
• His prayers contain such sentences as "Close your eyes!" and "Bow your head!" as he points to the accused. And if he thinks someone else has been praying too long, he starts whispering, "In the name of Jesus Christ", just as a helpful hint that it's time to end.
• He dresses himself each morning and although most of the time he does a great job picking out his outfits, sometimes he's a little off...

• He loves to borrow Xander's clothes so oftentimes he's drowning in what he's wearing
• He LOVES to dress up!
  

• He is a complete ham and loves to be the center of attention
• His good friends are Abby, Jasmine, and Solomon
• He frustrates me but he also makes me laugh
  

Saturday morning Noah woke up to find the traditional balloon bouquet tied to his bedpost. In keeping with his personality, Noah decided that he did not like the Spongebob balloon and refused to take a picture until I had removed the offensive balloon.

Xander was going to a birthday party for a friend at Chuck E. Cheese so we decided to all go since Noah loves playing there as well. Only for a special treat on a birthday am I willing to go to that insane place.


Saturday evening we had a family celebration that included opening presents as well as eating yummy cake and ice cream. Savannah and Xander had wrapped up several of their own possessions to give to Noah as gifts. It was so funny how Noah would unwrap one of their gifts and shout, "Savannah's parrot!" or "Xander's guy!" Although we did have a few problems with Xander later that evening when he decided he wanted some of those gifts back, I thought it was sweet how Savannah and Xander wanted to give something to their little brother.

By far the favorite present of the night was the Joker Fun House; Noah just can't get enough of the whole Batman thing.

Happy 3rd Birthday, cute little No-No!