Royal Fireworks

Every year we go up to Spokane for the Royal fireworks concert at Riverfront Park. They have a symphony concert and then shoot off fireworks in time with Handel's Water Music. It is a wonderful show. This year we didn't stay for the concert, since Andy got home from a road trip that morning. We just went up and walked around the park then had dinner with the family and drove home.



Noah is still terrified of slides so he always wants to be accompanied down them. The enormous radio flyer slide was fun!



N is for Noah!! Once I took Noah's picture and it was time to move on to the carosel, he threw a fit because he wanted to stay on the blocks.

Noah and I rode the carosel together. Noah wasn't a fan of the carosel, after it sped up he started crying and trying to climb off into my arms, as I am just trying not to fall over.



We had a great day up in Spokane!! Hopefully next year we will be able to stay for the entire day.

Shives Beach and the Magic Shoes

Today my mom, Becky, Noah and I all went to the beach outside of Orofino, Shives Beach. Yes we drove 1 1/2 hours to the beach. It seems a little silly to go so far for water and sand, but it is by far the BEST beach in the lower 48 states.

We left around naptime so Noah would get a good nap in the car, but of course kids never nap when you want them to, so he only slept for about 45 minutes. Which is definitely not enough for him.

We set out our blanket on the sand and Noah ran across the blanket and tripped and fell in the sand. He just sat there because he didn't know what to do. He eventually brushed his hands off and waited for someone to come to his rescue and help him up. He never cried or whined, just sat in the sand and looked at us. This is a big improvement from Hawaii, and probably due to the fact he had his magic Hawaiian water shoes.

After we were all lathered up with sunscreen, him and I walked down to the water. I put my toe in and was ready to get back out because the water was FREEZING. But Noah just walked right into the water. Fortunately his all the way in is only up to my knees, so I didn't have to get in too far. We brought down the blow up floats and Noah played around in that for a long time, with one of us pushing him around. Noah started to chatter from being too cold, so him and I sat in the shallow water and cuddled so he could warm back up. He decided to get in for a litle while longer, and then he played in the sand and shallow waters with his bucket and shovel until it was time to leave. We had a blast at the beach!!

Oh, by the way I forgot my camera at home, so that is why there aren't any pictures to go with this post. I looked at the camera sitting on the counter and just kept walking. I will some how just have to commit all the giggles, happy faces, splashes, and smiles to memory to help remember Noah's love for the sand and water, at least today.

Baby Beluga and other songs

Noah doesn't say a lot of English yet (it has increased since we took away the bink), but in the last week he has started to sing, to almost every song he hears. We have Baby Beluga in board book form, and have been singing it together since he was 8 monthes old. I used to sing it TO him, and now he sings it WITH me.

Today I put on Raffi, and he sang with Raffi, with a little guidance from me. He occasionally sing in tune with the music. When we are in the car, he sings parts of the songs from the CDs that are playing. And at bedtime, the lullaby we have been singing since he was born, he sings parts of, and always the last word, in tune with me. It is so sweet. I just can't help but smile, when the little angel I have pops out in sweet little song.