The PARTHENON

Noah and I went to check out of Costco last night, and usually when the receipt checkers see Noah, they ask if he wants them to draw a smiley face on the receipt (which he's usually delighted by). This night, he told me he wanted them to draw the Parthenon.

We roll up to the door, and, true-to-form, the kid (who's probably NOT a kid, but he looks about 12) asks if Noah would like the smiley face. Noah says, very politely, "Could you draw the Parthenon, please?"

The kid looks at me, then at Noah, "What...????"

Noah repeats, very slowly and plainly, "The PARTHENON."

Again, a blank look from the kid, "Uh, where's that?"

Noah looks at me, and I say, "Go ahead; tell him."

"GREECE!"

No comprehension on this kid's face.

I tell him, "Just draw a square with some lines up & down."

So he does.

He hands the receipt to Noah, who remarks as we're heading to the car, and he's studying the receipt, "He didn't stay in the lines. He didn't draw a very good Parthenon."

Patrick & Noah watching their ShrinkyDinks

Kindergarten?!?!?!

Today was Noah's first day of Kindergarten. Since he's been at the Montessori Academy since last June, it wasn't as traumatic as it could have been (I thought I'd cry, but I was okay...I guess I got most of my crying out last June). He was a little hesitant, since he had never seen his teacher's new assistant, but I introduced them, and he was good-to-go once he walked through the school doors. I think he'll have a fabulous year, and can't wait to see what amazing things he'll learn. In fact, today he enlightened me with this fact: How can you tell an English person? They wear top hats.

Enjoy!






These were taken a little while ago, but I found them when downloading this morning's pics, so thought I'd add them here...
Noah's got a thing for Tikis; Gymboree had a collection, Tiki Chief, that I just went crazy on when they had it marked down to super-cheap. We added the hibiscus shorts, and then of course the camo socks with the orange skull on it to complete the ensemble.

(Better view of the orange skull on the socks.)



We figured that there was no use keeping all of our Lego blocks safe & secure--I mean, they're MEANT to be played with, right? So, we pulled down all the blocks we had, and Noah's been having a great time!


Noah & Lego Boba Fett. (I think that by now, Boba's head is gone to places unknown. What is with little boys that they feel the need to behead all their figures?)




This is one of my favorites. Noah was building on to a ship that Patrick had created. Notice R2D2 in the hatch, and it's Lego Han Solo in Carbonite. With a bat on top of Han. I mean, where do you keep your bat?

1st day of Kindergarten!

The torch has been passed...

Patrick pulled down his Star Wars Lego kits from storage and he and Noah have been playing all morning...

Triceratops

Noah wanted to be a dinosaur today, so he made these horns and used Mickey stickers to stick them on his head!

New Lori hats

My friend Lori just made 3 more hats--Hello Kitty for me, an Imperial Astromech droid hat (I'm told it's an R2 model) for Patrick and the cutest green monster hat for Noah.

Lori is amazing & talented and we LOVE our hats! Thank you, Lori!