Noah is very well known for his CRAZY hairdo! His amazing locks of soft curls have been the attention grabber of anyone that's seen him. The hair on top of his head, and the hair around the back of his neck & above his ears, is the longest, with a mysterious thinner band around the middle of his head... almost like a reverse Friar Tuck look. And the SNARLS that get tangled in there... my, oh my. So... this afternoon, Ed and I were thinking we'd probably had enough, and we had a rare brave streak, and decided to try our hand at the kitchen barber shop.
Noah sat EXCEPTIONALLY still on his daddy's lap while mommy snipped away, and it was actually quite easy, and as far as I can tell, I did a fairly even job of it. He looks SO much more evened out now, and actually even looks older (not that I was rushing THAT or anything). Now it's just a question of how long it will take his biggest brother to notice. ;-)
You can see there was quite a pile of hair on the floor when we were done... Ed was feeling a little envious of Noah's trimmings, since Ed hasn't had a pile that thick in quite a few years (shhh, don't tell him I said that) ha.
Ed and I asked the boys to rake the back yard this weekend... I really can't recall the last time they had to do that (it's been a few years, because I know we've done it for them), and now I can see why we didn't bother having them help.... because just as Ben was getting exasperated with Matt's incessant text messaging, we would have grown frustrated with him as well (but at least his outdoor gear is all cool and trendy).
Ben decided not to wait around for his brother to finish his conversation on the cell phone, because he had friends waiting to go jump their bikes on a dirt pile around the block (boys will be boys). Matt and Ben actually do work well together, and I didn't notice any bickering... must be a sign of them growing up. By the way, they did do a great job on the raking (just took a while between messages on the cell phone).
Ben's Junior High football team played their first ever indoor game at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Thursday. I'll tell you something... getting psyched up for a football game at 8:30am is interesting to say the least. ha. 
As you can see above, the size of the boys on that field was kind of surreal. We had to remind ourselves that the field HAD to be normal sized, as 100 yards is 100 yards, whether it's in an arena, or in our home town. I think it was just viewing them from up above that gave an optical illusion of being so much bigger.
Ben is #11... in 9-man football he's a Flanker (no idea, it's just what he tells me). ha. He had a GREAT game... caught passes and ran the ball for a total of 14 points.... two touchdowns and a two point conversion. He said the "turf" wasn't too bad to play on. Said it wasn't as hard to land on as he thought it would be. The grippy nature of the surface was great, he said, for his zigs and zags to escape the tackles... "you don't slip like you do on grass" he said, as he recapped the highlights of the game. They CRUSHED the opponents, 48-6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO TOMMIES!!!
A sweaty and pooped out, (but excited) Ben comes off the field after shaking hands at the end of the game. A game experience he won't soon forget.
Noah was kind of uncertain about this Dragon costume we picked up for him, but he sat still (probably because he was thinking "What in the world have you put on me, mom?") for me to take a couple snapshots of him in it! Check out his two little teeth you can finally see on the bottom... the only ones that have broke through so far.
The Dragon's tongue hangs down in front of his eyes, and caught his attention, capturing his stare. This will be a FABULOUS year of "1sts", enjoying this First Halloween already!
Daddy and Noah wrestle on the floor (or, more accurately, daddy watches tv, and Noah comes and attacks his relaxation). Noah's really been standing more and more, using next to nothing at times to hold his balance. But it only takes a few minutes of Noah beating on his victim....
...before daddy retaliates, and goes into a tickle tackle! Noah giggles to no end, and loves every minute of it. 
But soon, the giggles from behind my camera are realized, and Noah takes off after me.... or at least he's after the camera. Looking through my camera lens, I don't realize how close he has gotten, and soon the little fingers grab the strap, just as the shot is snapped. Boy, that was a close one. My camera wouldn't survive if little Noah got ahold of it. He's such an adorable little blessing to us!
Noah sat EXCEPTIONALLY still on his daddy's lap while mommy snipped away, and it was actually quite easy, and as far as I can tell, I did a fairly even job of it. He looks SO much more evened out now, and actually even looks older (not that I was rushing THAT or anything). Now it's just a question of how long it will take his biggest brother to notice. ;-)
You can see there was quite a pile of hair on the floor when we were done... Ed was feeling a little envious of Noah's trimmings, since Ed hasn't had a pile that thick in quite a few years (shhh, don't tell him I said that) ha.
