Noah turns 4!

All about NOAH

I can't believe he's four!

Noah is a joy.  He says the funniest things.  For example, while watching a movie about Noah's ark, he says "I'm Noah, I save all the animals in the world.  You're welcome!".  He loves the fact that he's named after Noah - Noah's ark has become one of his favorite bible stories.  This year he has grown not only physically but spiritually.  He really seems to understand that God loves us, and that Jesus died for our sins.  The Lord has given him such a big spirit, and I love watching it grow. 

This year Noah's personality has really blossomed.  I've learned that he has a huge heart just like his Daddy.  He feels what you feel, and he feels it deeply.  He also has a passion for life.  He sees the world in such a positive light and his only desire is for everyone around him to be happy.  This year at preschool he grabbed his teacher by the face, gave her a big kiss and said "It's going to be ok!".  That's the perfect example of just how sweet this little man is. 

Noah is also a perfectionist.  When learning to write his name he often got stuck on the letter N, making it look like a W.  Instead of continuing with the rest of his name O,A,H, which were easy for him to write, he would get frustrated and refuse to keep writing.  Eventually with much persuasion and encouragement he learned to write his entire name. 

Noah loves the color BLUE!  He started the year at preschool only coloring with blue.  Every picture he brought home was completely colored in blue.  Blue, blue, blue.  Everything to him is blue.  Finally after 9 months of school Noah started to color with a few other colors.  His blue obsession was so prevalent that all of the kids in Noah's class knew that Noah's favorite color was blue.

Noah has also progressed from his train obsession and has now begun to like superheros.  He has been in love with Thomas the train since he was 16 months.  Over the course of the past year, the Thomas obsession began to fade and he began to love Spiderman.  Noah still enjoys watching Thomas on occassion, and still enjoys playing with trains, especially Geo Trax, but the obsession is no longer there.  Just another testament to how he's growing up!

This year after overhearing Kyle sing 'Amazing Grace' to Grace at night when putting her to bed, one night Noah asked Kyle why he doesn't sing 'Amazing Noah'?  Now we sing 'Amazing Noah' to Noah every night.

Noah has also become more 'independent'.  The other day I told him he couldn't wear his spiderman PJ's that night because they had to be washed (he had already worn them 3 nights in a row!).  When bedtime came around Noah requested his spiderman PJ's again, and knowing that I hadn't done the laundry yet I told him he wouldn't be able to wear them.  He said "But they are clean!" and he had me follow him to the basement and showed me how he had put his PJ's in the washing machine all by himself.  So smart. 

This year's firsts (and other accomplishments):

First trip to the dentist

First time writing/spelling his name

First time drawing a picture of himself

First time going to the Please Touch Museum

First time riding a bike

Able to say his abc's

Able to count to 20

Able to recognize letters and some words

Noah's 1st birthday

Noah's 2nd birthday

Noah's 3rd Birthday

Noah's 4th Birthday!

I look forward to the next 4, 14, 40 and hopefully 80 years of Noah. 
It has been a privilege to be this little boy's mom and I can't wait to watch him grow into a strong man that loves the Lord and serves Him.