Police Car

For Nolan's recent birthday, he received a police car from mom and dad.  It is a huge hit!

Big Boy Bed

We have graduated to a big boy bed! A couple of weeks ago, Nolan and I were downstairs playing where his future mattress was being stored and I asked him if he would like to have a big boy bed in his room.  He responded with a resounding "yes" because he says "yes" to almost everything these days.  So I had my answer and we promptly began to move it upstairs, just the two of us. I did most of the work but I had a little boy at the other end saying "push push."  Once we got it upstairs, I just made up the bed on the floor in his room for a few days to see how the transition would go before venturing to take apart his crib. The transition has gone great! He has done superbly and there has only been one morning when he must have heard us get up early and was bold enough to get out of bed.  He went to his door and knocked a few times.  There were no words, just pitiful little knocks.  We have since taken apart the crib and made it into his big boy bed.  He loves to run in there and be able to fling himself onto his bed or to catch a quick read! We try to remind him every time we put him to bed that he must stay in bed until we come to get him and now he says "stay in bed" if we fail to mention it!

Dapper Dan

We just got back from the big city and thought we'd post a couple of pictures from our Easter adventure.  Nolan had a handsome suit for the occasion and looked quite dapper.  The one picture shows that Cousin Ky had a matching suit and was also quite a handsome man!  The kiddos had a quick egg hunt between church and brunch.  Both of Nolan's cousins were pro-egg hunters while Nolan took a more leisurely approach to the hunt.  He was more concerned with the treats that were in the eggs than actually finding the eggs!  So much so, that he resorted to picking treats out of the grass that dropped out of his egg rather than trying to find another egg.

Never a dull moment

This post won't include pictures since I didn't have my camera to capture the moments. If I did have pictures though, you would see a look of horror on my face!

The other day while Nolan and I were out shopping at Walmart, we passed a smelly man in the isle. I used my good manners and ignored the smell and kept walking but Nolan was a different story. He got a whiff of the man and immediately scrunched up his little nose and before I had a chance to say anything, Nolan loudly declares, "SMELLY... POO POO... SMELL ICKY!" I am not sure if the man got the hint but I quickly walked away from the situation and got the heck out of dodge!

The second moment must be a testament of how often Nolan has been misbehaving lately and how much time he is spending in his room in "timeout". We were in the living room playing yesterday and all of the sudden Nolan got up and picked up his doll. He took off like he was on a mission. He ran into his room and came back without his doll. He turned to me and said, "baby timeout!" Then a minute later, he ran back into his room and I could hear him ask his baby "ready?" We do this to Nolan after we go back to get him and ask him if he is ready to behave. Apparently he knows the routine of being in timeout well!

Life in the fast lane

Even though it is currently snowing like Christmas as I type this, it is spring out there... at least a few days ago it was! Nolan has been a busy little boy riding around on his "bike" and spending every moment that we will let him outside. He loves jumping in the puddles and as you saw on the last post, he loves to put his feet up on his bike and go for a ride.

Riding Bike

Nolan has loved the spring weather the past few days. With the temps in the 40's he can actually get outside for more than about 30 seconds which he really enjoys. He has taken a liking to riding his little bike down the driveway. He puts his feet up and lets gravity do the rest.

Imagination

Nolan has been learning what the word "imagination" means from his favorite video Boz. He has seen on the video that he can use his imagination and pretend to be playing the guitar. Here is his most recent concert!