Ready for the Country!

I picked up Noelle some real cowgirl boots Friday night! She is ready for some PA farmland!!!

Lego Table!

We found a lego table for Noelle at Big Lots. She is in heaven! So is her dad.

Helmet Head!

Noelle thinks her tricycle helmet is pretty cool. She even wanted to wear it to the splash pad the other night!

Star Wars Tub Fun!

Noey and daddy are digging the new tub toys that arrived this week!

Toy Shoppe

We have a local toy shop here that carries really neat toys, battery free too! I think Dave and I will be doing a lot of shopping there over the coming years! In the middle of the store they have a treasure put that is filled with beads made out of recycled milk jugs. You get a bag and you get to dig for little toys in the pit. It's like the saw dust piles we used to have back home. Those were the days! Noey was not ok with the pit. The beads came up to her knees! Dave and I enjoyed it though! She got used to it after a while! We are still finding beads everywhere a week later!!!

Painting our Nails!

While Dave was at his GOP meeting, Noey and I did our nails! I did hers, she did mine. I had to text Dave and ask him to bring home some nail polish remover for me! She loved it though and was showing them off all week!

Tsuki

Love this pretty girl!

Neko loves her too! They are a couple now.

A Day in the Life of Noey

Embarrass yourself by making stinks at dinner...

Embarrass your momma on the interwebs...

Sleep it off!

Fun at Walmart

Our little Hood Rat!

First Hair Cut!

We finally had to take our raggamuffin in for a trim. It's only taken 19 months and we still couldn't get a real hair cut! She was petrified at first...it was too much like the doctor's office! There were tears.

She warmed up to it all half way through when she realized it wasn't going to hurt.

Who wouldn't want to have their hair cut in a pink Jeep?

All done! Sad her little curls are gone but she looks so grown up now!

Splash Pad!

Noelle had a great time at the splash pad for family night. At first she wasn't sure but then she ran right in! She was shivering but had a blast!

Happy Mother's Day!

Noelle bought me tickets to see Wicked this fall! We originally had tickets for March of 2010 in San Francisco but since she was in my belly and making me puke every 5 minutes she felt bad and wanted to make it up to me! Together, we made a cake to celebrate. She is a good helper and wants to be involved!

Helping Daddy decorate it later that evening!

We also hit up the Crepe Shack during the day and Noey had a nice helping of strawberry ice cream. She ate the whole thing all by herself!

She's a Hetrick!

Two pieces of pizza...

and some jello.

A little OCD

She has a thing about lining up all her bath toys.

Rub down!

I wanted my dad to rub my shoulders while he was here. Noelle wanted a shoulder rub too!

Potty Training

It's going well. For the Cabbage Patch.

Toe Jam! Get your toe jam here!

This girl picks her toes. A lot. And she will pick your toes too.

Why can't she always be this pleasant?

We pray for a sleeping baby the 4.5 hours we are going to be trapped on a plane with her. Here's to not getting kicked off the flight with a screaming banshee!

I eat babies!

We were in line so long for the buffet I took a bite out of Noey.

You say what?!

You want me to behave for pictures? Um. No.

I will however, sit here like a dear whilst playing with these legos.

I'm Sexy and I know it!

I'm innocent! It was him!

Mob Museum

We checked out the new mob museum in downtown while Grandpa Jim was visiting. I could not believe how many people were there! It is three stories of exhibits and it's a ton of reading. Noey was over it after 15 minutes and she fell asleep on me. Sleeping baby, crowds, hot....I have to pee. Good times. I left Jim and Dave to explore while I got out of there. Ever go to the bathroom by yourself while holding a sleeping, sweaty baby? I was impressed with my skills. We ended up in the gift shop and she came alive. She got in the hooch and tried out the cigars. She loves dog toys! She ended up leaving with a Tommy Gun and a police baton. Just what every girl needs for her 18 month birthday! Police line up. Who dun it? I say it was the little one! She looks guilty!

Booze Hound

Grandpa Jim.

Throughout Jim's trip I was impressed with all the people that came up and thanked him for his service during the Korean War. Several times we encountered active duty soldiers and they said nothing to him after looking right at him and his hat stating he is a veteran. This just rubbed me the wrong way and I thought it was rude. I'm going to hope they just didn't notice. Teaching a WWII class, I try to instill some kind of respect in the kids for those who lived through the war and our servicemen. I recently went kinda bat shit crazy on them for being disrespectful to those in the Holocaust and making light of things so I guess this has been on my mind for a while. We hope Papa Jim can come out at Veteran's day this year now that his foot is healed, Dave's back is healed and Noey is older so we can go to the airshow!

Getting Ready for Summer!

We ordered Noey a slide/swing/sandbox combo for the backyard. We also hooked her up with the special recycled rubber tire tiles that protect falls up to 6 feet off the ground. I got the yard prepped and laid down the tile. I thought I was going to die! It was 100 degrees and those things weigh 30 pounds a piece! Holy moley! And I got into it with our neighbors but that is another story. My father-in-law went home thinking I am totally ghetto. Woody High made me that way. That is my excuse. And being a frustrated middle school teacher probably has something to do with it as well. Someone has to bear the brunt of my angst and that is who I chose that day! Anyways, Dave worked hard getting the set built. We opened the box and were shocked at the detail required. The quality of the materials was really crappy and Dave documented every warped board and flaw. He is going to be writing a strongly worded letter to Sports Power here in the near future.

Noelle watched the action taking place. She had never actually set foot out back and I think she was surprised she has more space to spread her crap, I mean toys! She busted out her chalk and started making a count of the days we've been holding her hostage from the backyard!

She tried out her swing. Didn't work so well.

We got the rubbermaid boxes set up with sand and loaded them with toys. There is a super nice lady at Michael's that has been giving me awesome deals because I'm a teacher so I got some sunflowers for the flower box. We're talking an extra 10% on top of my teacher discount. Love her! So nice to really be appreciated!

I had been looking at this pirate water table for a long time. Joan has one and I thought it was cool. I read bad reviews about it so I was leery. They finally had them in stock at our local Toys R Us so I picked one up. Other than struggling to screw the legs on, ours works fabulously! Of course it does, I bought the warranty. Playing in the water feel good when it's hot out this summer!

Noelle also has a new tricycle and helmet. She wears her helmet all the time and doesn't mind it one bit! She also has a basketball hoop, t-ball set, mitt and glove and her chalk sets outside. It's going to be a summer of fun! Once Dave gets our misters up around the porch we will probably never come inside!