Let ME do it!

I know this is only the beginning of Noah asserting his independence, but he sure isn't wasting any time letting me know that he can do things for himself! This morning while I was feeding him breakfast, he just reached out and grabbed the spoon from me. While I was feeding him, he had been protesting with some grunts and hollers...and the next thing I knew...he was feeding himself the yogurt!! :)

Look, I can do it!

And I'm not as messy as you thought I'd be, huh, Momma?

Is there any more?

Oh, yeah!

P.S. Jeff made it home late last night, safe and sound from his trip to Seattle. He had a great time with Jeremy and friends! Unfortunately, he had to step back into reality this morning and had a 12 hour day at work. Noah and I are both really glad that he's back! We missed having him around!

Grandparent's Day!

Monday and Wednesday of this week was Grandparents Day at the boys' school. Mamaw and Papaw were planning to come, but Papaw was very sick, so Noah and I were delegated. I went as Mamaw, and Noah was Papaw! :) It was really funny because I introduced us that way and the boys all thought it was hilarious! When I told the twins that Noah was Papaw, a classmate of theirs said, "Boy, you sure have a little Papaw!"

Eating lunch with the boys for Grandparent's Day...

After lunch they sent us down to the library to have our pictures taken and to view the Book Fair. Trystan said, "I want to hold Papaw for the picture!"

On Wednesday, Mamaw was able to make it! Here's the whole crew!

Sleepover!!

Jeff left yesterday for Seattle, WA. He flew out there to spend the weekend with Jeremy, his roommate from Purdue. The Boilers are playing in Portland tonight, and they decided to make a weekend of it! He's having a blast, I'm sure!

In the meantime, Noah and I decided to have a sleepover here at our house with the 4 Hayes boys! This was the first time they've all 4 spent the night with us...we've had one or two over at a time, but I've never been brave enough to try having all 5 boys overnight at the same time! Well, it went fabulously! I inflated the air mattress in the living room, and we watched Spiderman III until they all crashed.

Noah was already in bed and sound asleep when they got here, so he missed out on the party last night. But they more than made up for it in the morning! Everyone was up and at 'em around 7 a.m. I was trying to keep them busy until at least 9 a.m., when it would be a reasonable time to return them to Jason and Tara. So we had breakfast and then went for a walk/ride/roll through the neighborhood. Finally, it was close enough to 9 that I could load them all in the car and take them home! I want to send a special blessing to Jason and Tara for being great parents to 4 very active boys! Here's to all parents out there who have multiple children! I don't know how you do it! :)

Questapalooza!

"Quest" is the name of the church we go to in Lexington. This weekend was the Grand Opening of their new auditorium, along with their annual festival--Questapalooza! We had lots of family in town for the big event--Renee, Andy, Jessie, Josiah, Uly, Kim, Lexie, Jonah, Estelle, Stella, and Bill. My parents had to be in Atlanta, for another event, so they let us take one of their kettles to Questapalooza. Jeff, Andy, Jason, and Tara all worked the Kettle Corn/Lemonade tent while Jessie, Renee, and I watched the kiddos. It was a blast! There were games, rides, food booths, BMX bikes, raffles, and bands. Jars of Clay and Third Day were both there, so we were all really excited to get to see them in concert! At the end of the night, Quest's worship team lead us in worship while they shot off fireworks in the background! Way cool!

Our little man's got some rhythm!

Here are some more pics from the night...