Friends

whether Mattie likes it or not....

Painting with Aunt Laura

Aunt Laura was in town this weekend to hang out with us.  Nolan had such a good time playing with her!  She bought him some cool new paint brushes from Lakeshore Learning.  He loved them and painted her a picture for her house.  I am sure it will be the centerpiece for her mantle!  Thanks Aunt Laura!!!

Surgery #2

Nolan had his second surgery a couple of weeks ago.  He had his tubes replaced and his adnoids removed.  It went pretty well.  He couldn't eat anything after midnight and I didn't want to wake him up to eat, so he had a big dinner and topped it off with ice cream.

  

We had a little difficulty keeping him entertained while we were waiting for surgery.  At one point he crawled under the crib, so I had to take a picture.  Not sure the nurses loved this...

I hope this is our last trip to the surgery center!

Art Project Gone Wrong

Nolan loves art projects.  He loves gluing, coloring, and painting.  So when I saw this idea I thought he would love it.  Make your own sidewalk chalk paint!  We picked the colors and mixed up water, food coloring, and corn starch.  We went outside with our paint brushes and got started.  A little paint here, a little paint there, and then even better..... a giant mess!!!  He loved it and had great fun.  Not sure how we are going to get the color out of the concrete... but that is a project for tomorrow!

Culinery Point of View

Nolan has a very sophisticated palate!  He will eat almost anything.... if it is covered in ketchup!  He recently discovered dipping.  He loves to dip everything.... in ketchup... meat, vegetables, bread, and even fruit.  Anything is better in ketchup.  This started with me giving him a french fry with ketchup.  He won't actually eat the fry but will suck off the ketchup and hand you the fry for your enjoyment! Yum!

First Day of Big Boy School!!!

Today was Nolan's first day in the toddler room at school.  It doesn't seem like it has been a year since he started daycare.  I really love his school and teachers!  They are really amazing with him!  I think he loves it too! This is from the first day of school last year.  What a difference a year makes...

We started off the day with breakfast with Daddy...

and then headed to school with our new backpack.

For those that were concerned about Nolan getting beat up in his red hat from the beach, here is his new hat for school... better???

We also did some first day of school snacks for his teachers...

He is growing up so fast!

A "Hear"oic Adventure!!!

Nolan made his second appearance at Cochlear Implant Camp last week.  It was really fun to get to see him interact with some of my patients.  They were very interested in him!  He gave lots of high fives and had a great time!