Sunday, July 11, 2010

Summer Sunday Evening

At the close of a fun, relaxing weekend at home, we played outside with Noah, Ben, and the puppy. Ed and Noah played ball; kicking the soccer ball, and tossing the football around. Noah hadn't declared his favorite sport yet, but instead seems to love them all.
Noah kicked the soccer ball the whole length of the yard, as he ran along. How many 2 yr olds can do that? It seemed pretty amazing to me, but what do I know about soccer (not much). I was impressed anyway, and I had a vision of spending many sunny (and some rainy and some cold) afternoons and weekends at area soccer fields in the years to come.

What a speed racer Noah is!
He can run SO fast, and really puts all his energy into
whatever activity he's doing.
Ben hadn't been home at first, during out evening fun in the back yard.
He was at baseball practice, so was starving when he got home...
it didn't take him any time at all to devour some BBQ spare ribs that Ed had prepared.
A growing boy... can't believe Ben's going to be a freshman in high school this year.
Noah and Molly, our new puppy, played with the twigs.
Our new little Molly is a mix of Lhasa Apsu & Jack Russel Terrier...
we love her to pieces! Noah's really good with her too,
and can outrun her when she wants to nibble on his ankles.
Noah, I agree with you! It was a great weekend!
Thumbs up to SUMMERTIME!!

4th of July, Weekend at the Lake

4th of July weekend we went to Ed's brother, Dean's cabin.
The guys played bean-bag toss, and apparently there's a new element of the game that I never knew about... something regarding laying on the ground laughing??? Only Ben knows for sure.
Noah enjoyed spending another fun summer weekend with his cousin, Devon,
as they laughed and played with the cool Jeep in the yard by the cabins.
Noah has a knack for screaming his sentiments...
whether it's happiness, silliness, frustration, anger,
or something unidentifiable (as is often the case with a two-year-old).
Noah's exuberance even makes the vein
on the side of his neck stick out...
I guess he lives with GUSTO like someone else I know. ;-)

Birth of the "typical guy"

Not that I'm trying to stereotype ALL guys,
or anything like that, but I gotta say......
Noah sure figured out how to become a "male" just like his daddy and brothers.
That is to say, he can tune me out if he's watching a movie,
just like the rest of the males in my home. ha
He loves to watch his Disney movies over and over (and OVER) again
on the portable DVD player.