Noah Hand Painting

During the week that I was in the hospital to give birth to Baby Kaiden, our dear son, Noah was in the daycare who obviously had fun hand painting with his buddy, Marky. It was messy though, but I really don't mind. Enhancing the creative side of him is far more important to me than the mess, or clutter he may make. I remember the story that Randy Pausch shared in his Last Lecture on Life's Lessons when he quested on Oprah. Randy Pausch is a great Computer Science professor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. When he was little, he liked painting the walls of his room with different things. His parents got dismayed at first but soon realized that it's important that he expressed himself through different means. They encouraged creativity in him and that's what I also wanted to do for our children.

Noah's Report Card

Last Friday, Kimberly, our daycare provider, gave me a piece of paper showing what Noah did, ate, etc. during the whole time he stayed there. This is the first time I got something in writing, as it's usually verbal, and I just think it's pretty neat. I think it's a good way of tracking his progress as far as his developmental milestones are concerned.

Here it goes...

THINGS I DID TODAY WHILE YOU WERE AT WORK

Name: Noah

Date: 5/2/08

Nap Time

1 hour 10:00 am to 10:55 am

2 hours ______ to _______

Other _______ to _______

Moods

xHappy

x Cranky

x Curious

x Affectionate

x Didn't feel good

* At moments

Mealtime- I ate

Breakfast:

Strawberries and cream with homemade chocolate

Pancakes and 5 oz. milk + snacks at 9:30 am

Lunch:

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Green Beans

Cantaloupe

BM - Bowel Movement - once

I played

ALL DAY LONG!

Noah has mastered going up and down the stairs with supervision and a spotter!

We encourage Noah to "go feet first".

Notes:

Noah is counting everything!

Sings ABC's in tune! Yeah!

Noah is learning Twinkle, twinkle little star!

His tune and rhythm are excellent!