"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood, won't you be mine, won't you be mine, won't you be my neighbor?" Mr. Rogers sang the perfect theme song for our day. What amazing weather! We hit 70 today and it was like everyone came out of hibernation. The neighborhood was buzzing with kids playing, people working in their yards, the smell of first barbecues for the season. In he morning Kris did some weed whacking and general yard stuff. Noah really wanted to help and hauled around a watering can that is almost as big as he is. The kid has muscles!
He had fun pushing around the patio furniture and trying to figure out why I kept telling him that he couldn't take all the dirt out of the plant pots. We brought out a bunch of his toys, spread out a blanket, and had snacks outside.
After lunch and a nap (alas, not for me, but for Noah) we headed back outside to blow bubbles. I wish I could have caught Noah chasing the bubbles on film, but I didn't want to get the camera slimmed with bubble goo. By the time we were done, both Noah and I had bubble gunk in our hair, on our clothes, and I'm pretty sure in Noah's mouth. I checked - it's non-toxic.
Noah wanted to be a big kid and sit in the patio chairs. He thought he was pretty cool sitting in the big chair. Here's a good picture of him looking oh so cool...
We hit a major milestone today. Our little boy told me "no" for the first time. Seriously. I've been dreading this moment since he started babbling all those months ago. I loved it when he first said "mama" and "dada" and "hi", but there is something ominous about the first time you hear "NO" pop out of your precious child's mouth. And he kept saying it. Over and over. At first it was cute, but when I told him to put away his snack and he said "NO" I knew that things were going to change. He now has THE POWER. Major parental moment. Maybe he'll forget how to say it by tomorrow morning. I can hope, can't I?
It's been a fabulous weekend. Let's hope for a fabulous week..........
More tomorrow.
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