Noah

• In January Noah became a Sunbeam at church. Amazing! No more kids in nursery!!!

He has since had the opportunity to recite a scripture moment during Sharing Time. I was so proud of him because he basically said it without help from me, although he was a little quiet about it which is unusual for him. It is quite obvious to David and I that he enjoys his time at Primary. For Family Home Evening one night he took a turn asking us all why reading the scriptures was important. After each one of us answered, he exclaimed, "Good job!" which is a phrase frequently used in primary.

• At some point in January Noah decided that he wanted his own room and since there were no bedrooms left, he decided to spend his nights sleeping in the bathroom. David said absolutely not - what if Savannah or Xander needed the bathroom during the night? I knew full well this sleeping arrangement would be short-lived so I told Noah he could do it. And guess what? I was right - the bathroom as Noah's bedroom lasted all of two nights.
  

• Just like Xander, Noah LOVES to play in the snow. He and Xander have spent many hours out there doing whatever things you can do in the snow - digging tunnels, building snow forts, throwing snowballs, and lots and lots of sledding.
  

• One day this past month Noah informed me that he was now a monkey and he even made a tail out of toilet paper for himself.
  

• The kids and I spent an evening at one of those bouncy places for Noah's best little friend Abby's birthday party.
  

• This is the first year that Noah got to be involved with Valentine's Day. He decorated a little shoebox so his friends could put valentines in it.
  

They had a Valentine's Day party at school with the usual mix of games, crafts, and food.


He was pretty happy with all the valentines and candy he received from his classmates.

• One of Noah's goals this year is to learn his ABC's and to learn how to write his name. He is really coming along on his alphabet and knows almost all the letters plus the sounds they make. He has no interest so far in writing his name but he does love to draw and color and is getting much better at both those things. He is now starting to draw people with arms, legs, and facial features. Too bad the canvas for his beautiful drawing below was my couch!
  

• Noah says that he wants to be a fireman and a builder man when he grows up. He definitely has spent a lot of time the past few months carrying his tools around the house and finding things that need to be "fixed".