Number Two Is TWO!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Number Two Is TWO!

The very happy birthday boy in the morning--

Getting a birthday hug from his big brother--

What happens when you say "put your heads together and smile" from the front seat--

Unfortunately, the Jump Zone wouldn't let us in (our original plan), but we had almost as much fun at Chic-fil-A, which is the boys' favorite place.

Birthday present excitement...

Noah got a kick out of the blow-outs when Isaac attacked him with them.

Party favor vs tractor

Isaac even got to give a gift. You can't see the expert wrapping job of the ball he's holding, though.

The theme was tractors and farms (especially the sheep variety).

Isaac couldn't wait to help Noah open all his presents before long. "Here Noah, I'll hold and you pull."

He was pretty excited about the cake.

Richard and Becky joined us for cake and ice cream, which made it feel like a real birthday party. They read our minds about the theme, apparently: now we have all the tractors in our collection!

We all enjoy visits with them, but the boys adore Richard and Becky.

The cake was kind of designed with Sweet Haven, the farm we live on, in mind. Just a bit. Of course, Katie is a sheep dog (not a Collie).

Noah enjoyed being sung to. He recognized that song from Isaac's birthday (and Isaac sang it to him a few times earlierin the day)!

One blow: one candle...

Another breath...

And this is the aftermath, with the poor animals quite stuck in the snow.

It was a great second birthday!

Before bed, Noah got to read his new favorite story (a present from Becky), and we usually read it every night now.

Happy Birthday, my sweet two-year-old! His latest quote about that: "I'm not a big boy; I'm TWO!"

6 comments:

Laurel said...: I can't believe how grown up he looks! I love how sweet your boys are to each other. LOVE the cake, too! (And you look amazing!!) Happy Birthday, Noah!; January 16, 2010 at 1:54 AM
Queer Braff said...: Aww, happy happy birthday Noah-ba-boah!! The little message he left on my answering machine seriously made my WEEK! "Hi... this is Noah...Love you...bye!"

Give the little man lots of kisses from me- so many he gets sick of them! :); January 17, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Rachel said...: Cute! I'm glad he had a good birthday. I can't believe how big he is!; January 27, 2010 at 1:12 AM
Sunnysupra said...: I saw these quite a while ago, but wasn't sure if I'd commented, as I don't usually, and was reprimanded, so am starting :) So so cute, love the whole story and wish we could've been there. Miss and love you guys. I'm checking blogs more often now that I have this awesome little laptop, so feel free to post and post and I'll comment and comment lol xoxo to all - esp. the boys, the nephews I mean :); February 4, 2010 at 11:43 AM
hatchbatch00.blogspot.com said...: They grow up so fast! Looks like he had a fun birthday though! Do you know what you are having yet?; February 7, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Trace Gibson said...: Oh man, how come I'm not seeing all these posts till Feb?!! Cause I AM LAME!!! What a cute two year old he is! Love those big smiles (looks like the happiest day ever!). Good thing he's not old enough to be offended by his Aunt Trace's TOTALLY FORGETTING his birthday! Love you guys!; February 10, 2010 at 7:22 PM

What SHE's said

"I love Daddy. And I love Mommy. And I like shoes."
(Binky dropped) "Mom. Get it." ("You have legs. You can do it. You're a big girl.") "No, Ellie's a PRINCESS."
"Mommies like pumpkin pie."
"My name is George EleaNOR Batman."
"I burped. I burped a princess burp in the pink princess spaghetti."
"You don't have any hair!" ("Aaah! Where is it?!") "I flushed it down the toilet!"
"I don't like tickles!" ("What do you like?") "Cereal."
"Not JA-Pan; Peter Pan!"
"Every day we sleep!! IN THE WORLD!"
"I wish I had wings so I could fly with you." ("Wings like a bird?") "No, wings like Tinkerbell."
"I don't love salad."
"Ack! If you say that again to me, it's a BAD CHOICE."
"He's OLD. We have to get a new daddy now."
"Mom! Look! A Crut-knacker!"
"I hate songs. I hate 'glory to God' songs. I only like 'twinkle star' songs."
"I need to dance like a girl"

deep thoughts by noah-since 2011

"I have super-vision-seeing eyes!"
"Mom, put batteries in my car. Then you can use GOODERIES...for Cheerios!"
"I'm going to toot on you. And toots are made of fire."
"My arms can stretch really long to Alaska, Mom."
"I'd be laughing my head off! Laughing my HAIR off! Then I'll be like Daddy!"
"That's a funny sound! Thanks for doing that!"
"I'm never gonna whine like that [like Isaac]. I'm gonna whine a different way."
"I use the 'yeah' word because 'yes' is a little bit ugly."
("I'm gonna clean the kitchen for 10 minutes") "Shh. Mom's gonna eat cake!"
"Hey diddle! I'm gonna JUMP on Diddle Diddle...."
"Robin Hood doesn't hug boys--only girls."
"My king says your king likes to lie."
"I feel good when I use a sharp knife."
("Heck, no!" "Heck, yes!") "Hecknology."
("Boys and girls, this is Elder Bednar") "Ha. That's the kind of smile you have when you're about to kill someone."
"When I grow up, I'll call myself DOO DOO HEAD because I hate dads!"
"When I was a boy, I used to be sneaky."
"How did you do that?" ("Daddy Powers.") "Nobody has any powers. Only scripture powers!"
("'Free is the best place to be.'") "The potty is the best place to pee...?"
"I'm sitting on the end so that THAT Ridiculous Head doesn't [accidentally] punch me in the face again."
"Why do you have to treat me like Oliver Twist??"
("How sure are you?") "Ten times a million more than a giant."
"Mommy, do you know why poop is sticky? Because it's made part of tape and part of glue. And part of stickery!"
("Goodnight. You smell like gum...?") "That's because I HAVE gum." ("Where??") "There's still gum in my boot-y footies!"
"All teeny tiny things are squishy...except for metal...and other things...."
"My pinky toe is the longest toe on me. Just take a look at pinkytoe.com"

Isaacisms 2011-present

"I dreamed I was falling off planets in space and getting caught in cloud windows."
"I'm sad because Ellie bumped her head AND the missionaries are gone. I saw the garage door close and I waved to their kind souls."
"When I grow up and blow a big enough boogar, I might have to wear a Kleenex all the time."
"Ridiculous. They made me wear a pink lifejacket!"
"Teachers at school need more respect than mothers."
"How's this joke? Your kneecap is the capital of your knee!"
"I just zipped my courage up like a zipper and decided to eat it."
("How come you're so smart?") "Because there's a school inside my body. That's even a smart way to say it."
"Noah, I'm so glad I get to spend all these days with you." ("Me, too.")
("Are you a hot pepper?") "No, I'm good and cheesy and ice cream-like."
"Sinks are everything to me. If they don't have a sink...too bad, so sad, your dad."
"That was the best I've ever slept. Good! Great! Good!"
"Daddy, what part of that is true?" ("I don't know.") "Then why did it come out of your FACE?!"
"Grandpa, you have yellow crusty toenails."
("I've been alive over 10,000 days! What did I do?") "I hope you haven't done ridiculous things!"
"You're the commander and I'm the king." ("I command you, king.") "You can't command the king!"
"...Please help any temptation that comes my way to be overthrown by my courage--SHOT!..."
"...And please bless Daddy to not look to see if kids are not being reverent, because they're always reverent, and it's not likely that they're ever going to not be reverent..."
"You guys are lucky to be parents of superheroes. We can give you lots of good advice."
"I hate you, stupid underwear that won't stay down!"
("Noah, did you know there are some grown-ups who are smaller than you?") "Yep, they're called hobbits."
"Noah, cheer up. This is a very very sunny place. Monsters live in dark swamps."
(sigh) "Most movies don't make my legs fall asleep, but these ones do."
"I live here, so I pretty much knew that."
("I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.") "I don't think we're gonna get dessert if that happens."