July 4th Cool Down

Noah and his cousins had a blast in the sprinklers at Grandma and Grandpa's house on the 4th.

Mud mustache.

Katherine and Markus trying to hold Noah still so we could photograph the mud on his face.

This is why there was mud on Noah's face. He decided to put a few handfuls of dirt on his head before going in the sprinklers and it of course turned to mud.

Happy Boy

 Super giggle face.

 Handsome little man (who is feeding a piece of cereal to ceramic cat that he calls Baby Ezra).

Noah got a car carrier truck from his Grandpa Robert and immediately fell in love.

I love the position he takes when he plays with his cars. Life is so much bigger when you view it from this angle.

A Little Owie

 Noah's head fought with some AstroTurf and the AstroTurf won. Luckily, ice cream sandwiches cure most ailments.

Bowling!!

We went to a fundraiser bowling party with some folks from the zoo. Noah had an absolute blast!

We got a nifty ramp for him to use so we didn't have to worry about gutter balls.

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It wasn't a perfect science, but Noah didn't really care that he didn't hit all the pins.

As bedtime got closer, Noah got more and more wild.

Guess which spot Noah was bowling in...Yeah, Olivia may be bad, but not that bad!

Blurry, but proof of the giant cheesy smile he had plastered on his face after we changed him into his jammies in preparation to head home.

Darren was not helping to calm him down, but isn't that what godfathers are for?

Heading out the door, Noah needed to stop to drive the wedge of cheese with Tom and Jerry.

He's multilingual

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Sign Language

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The Chinese he's been learning at daycare.

Rocks and a Truck

What more is there in life?

Nutmeg found a cozy place to sleep.

This deserves a post of its own...

Enough said.