Last night, Rick and I went out on a date to celebrate Rick’s birthday while his parents watched Noah. We first went out to eat at Zio’s Italian Restaurant. I had the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna and boy was that good!!!! I only ate half of it so I could finish it off today!!! After eating we stopped at a few stores to do some window shopping and then we were going to head home and go to our neighbors Halloween party. We didn’t have a costume yet so as we were talking on the way home, we thought we could be the Black Eyed Peas. So we stopped off at Target and picked up some black shirts, green duct tape and some black face paint. Pretty easy costume!!!! We got home and made a “P” out of the green duct tape and put on some black paint and we headed over to the neighbors house. A little later in the night, they even had the band play a few songs for everyone!
Rick’s parents are down for the weekend. They came for Rick’s birthday and of course, I had a project for his Dad!!! He sorta expects it from me!!! They are working in our master bedroom closet – finishing the sides of the attic so I can use it for storage. Rick and I did one side a couple of years ago and with a new baby on the way, I need to start cleaning out our extra bedroom – which means I need to figure out what to do with everything in the bedroom closet!!! The attic part only had a little crawl hole, so the first part of the project is to get a door on it, so I can get in and out! Rick and I will add the floor and walls – nothing fancy, just some sheets of particle board.
Of course, Noah is not being left out! He is loving having Grandpa here – he will try to hide from him and then Grandpa comes up behind him and gets him, Noah screams and then he’ll do it all over again. It’s pretty funny to watch!
And Grandma is having a great time trying to keep up with him!!! This morning they were looking at the Toys R Us magazine trying to make a Christmas list. It sounds like he must have pointed to a farm set that was $130 – Grandma said that was too expensive. I guess he’ll have to keep looking!!!!
Today, Noah was invited to a neighbor girls 3rd birthday party…and are we glad he was invited!!! We all had a great time!!! The birthday party was at “Pump It Up” – the inflatable party zone!! We were not quite sure what to expect, but when the party got started, we all went into the first room and there were 3 huge inflatable activities to play on. One was a huge slide, another was an obstacle course and the other was a bounce house. Noah just looked around for a minute and then he ran to the bounce house. Rick got in with him and they were having a great time!! Noah had a hard time standing up in it, but that didn’t bother him at all, he would fall down and just laugh. Rick then took him down the slide and at first he didn’t know what to think of it, but then he wanted to do it again. After about 20 minutes in that room, we went to another room that had three different inflatables. We got to be in that room for about 20 minutes and then we went to the party room and had birthday cupcakes and the watched the birthday girl open her presents. Then it was time to head home. We were not even in the car for a minute and Noah was sleeping already! I guess he was wore out – plus it was already a little past his nap time!
In the bounce house with Daddy.
Going down the slide with Daddy.
Even the big boys had fun!!!
Playing so hard, he worked up a thirst…too bad he doesn’t know how to drink from a water fountain yet.
Sooo tired!
Here’s a short little video of Noah in the bounce house.
Last weekend we went to visit Rick’s parents in Mason City. We didn’t have anything planned, so it was just a relaxing weekend. We did try to get his Dad to work on a project while we were there, but he just wanted to relax. We feel bad, because everytime they are at our place, there is always something for him to work on, so we just wanted to help him back. He says he doesn’t need any more “supervisors”, but let me tell you….I’m a great supervisior!!!
Rick got to meet up with a few of his friends and they even went to a business open house in Mason City that had a tank run over some cars and a race between two fire stations to see who could cut a car in half faster! I even got to meet up with Joni!!! I haven’t seen her in a while, so it was nice to catch up!!!
On Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Northwood to stay overnight at the hotel there. Rick’s parents had a free night, so that was even better!!! Noah got to go swimming in the indoor pool and then we went back to the hotel room. There wasn’t much on tv, but as I was flipping thru the channels, “Monstor Jam: came on – the big 4×4 trucks. Well, Noah pretty much stopped in his tracks and watched the trucks on tv for about 45 minutes!!! He is definately all boy!!!
Rick thought Noah HAD to have a big dump truck, so the other night he got one for Noah at Target. I’m not sure who actually likes it more, Rick or Noah!!! When Noah first got it, he would put some toys in the back and push it around the house. Now he likes to get in it…and it’s much easier to get in than it is to get out!! He really likes to get pushed around while he’s sitting in it, but that just takes work on our end.
