Funny faces and volcanos

Hey, where's Daddy's pretty little girl?? "Here I am"

We've been away from our blog for a while. Some of you may not even recognize these big kids. Hey Sophie...we see you!

Sophie loves making funny faces.

Sophie and Erin making funny faces together.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the house, Noah is busy doing some big time science:

A couple of weeks ago David and Noah made a volcano! This was one of Noah's birthday presents that we hadn't got to yet. We made the volcano out of plaster on Saturday and got ready to make it BLOW on Sunday. Noah read all the instructions.

Stirred up all the chemicals to make lava.

Poured the lava right in the top, and .....

The volcano started to ERUPT!!!!!

Really cool. It erupted for about 5 minutes.

Then it was time for some rest. Noah loves just hanging out on the hammock...reading of all things! Good life, Noah!

We'll try and catch up. It's not summer anymore, and we'll update lots of busy but fun adventures soon.

Carnival, Tubby, and other fun

The Broomall Carnival was back this fall. Instead of riding the kiddie rides, Noah was zooming around on motorcycles!

And boy, is he strong. He had to ring the bell to win a prize. DING!

In fact Noah won a few prizes. Here' a game where you pick the right ducks to get a prize. WINNER!

Meanwhile, back at home, someone got into the kitchen drawers!!

After Sophie helped make everyone dinner, it was tubby time. She just LOVES the tub. Whenever she gets upstairs she goes right to the tub and makes alot of noise until we let her get in. Any day now she'll be ready to get in herself! She just loves playing in the water.

Just a day in the life....

Good morning Sophie!

Sophie likes making funny faces. Pretty soon there will be a blog with all of her funny faces. Just ask her: Sophie, can you make a funny face?

OK, how about a happy face?

Now there's one happy little girl! She loves music now.

And we think she gets it from her brother!

Check out our performer. Know this song??

Playing together

This is a really special blog. Noah and Sophie are finally starting to play a little together. Well...OK, Noah can still push her around a little, but she loves her big brother, and Noah loves making Sophie laugh. And he loves playing with her.
Popsicles anyone? Like brother, like sister.You should see Noah push Sophie around the hall in the laundrey basket. Very fun!

Ready to go for a ride? In Mommy's car

Or in her big red car!

On our way to our first soccer game. Both kids were excited.

One of Noah's favorite things these days is to grab Sophie from behind, pull her down, and yell "Let's wrestle!"

Check out this little movie. Sophie needs prodding to eat sometimes. Noah has developed a routine to "Jelly on the plate" (Jelly on the plate, biscuts in the tin, fire on the floor, candles on the cake). He dances, she laughs, and starts eating again. It is really so cute!

Sophie says thanks.

Kindergarten!! Day !

It is unbelievable that Noah is going to Kindergarten.  We remember starting this blog 5 years ago in the middle of the night.  It wasn't that long ago and look where he's come!  This is from Orientation Day, the day before school started.  Noah was really exited, and we think actually quite proud to be going to kindergarten.
And Sophie was excited for him.

And then the next day he couldn't wait!  He was up early, dressed and ready to go.  School backpack (Star Wars!) and all.

What a big boy he has turned out to be!

He walked into his room and seemed at home right away.  We can tell he is going to love this!  Have a great time Noah!!  We're excited for you!

Birthday fun continued.

The birthday festivities continued at Noah's birthday party for his friend at Oasis. It was a really fun time with lots of his friends. The theme was "Star Wars". Check out the great cake.Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Noah. Happy birthday to you.Oasis has lots of fun and games to play. Noah and Joseph were playing air hockey.There's climbing at Oasis and Noah was a great climber.Sophie had a great time too. She made a few new friends at the partyHappy birthday big brother.

Happy 5th Birthday Noah!

Happy 5th Birthday Noah!

The morning started off with a card from his sister Sophie and a pin for his shirt (I'm 5 Today). Sophie gave Noah his first present; a great new baseball bank. And she got to keep the bow.Thanks Sophie!!!Next a cool present from Mom and DadAnd then a Rock Star present from Nanny and Poppy.Check out this video of our heavy metal ROCK STAR!!


Later that night Kira and Molly came over for a small birthday party.Who's pretty happy??Of course Sophie got into the act. Molly especially LOVES playing with Sophie.Happy 5th Birthday Noah!! We love you. And MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!