Helping

I have the best helper in the world! Noah now helps sweep, put on his clothes and shoes (which we are getting better at now), he is so good at feeding other people too! He loves to share his food with anyone who will let him put his fingers in their mouth. He also helps mommy brush her teeth and put her shoes on! Which is nice because my face needs to be minty fresh and walking in a straight line is totally overrated! Noah helps by turning on and off the lights when we leave or enter a room, and he will definetely let you know if you are forgetting to lift him up to the switch to HELP!
This morning I dropped Noah off with his Grandpa Winslow while I went to work for a few hours, and he helped Grandpa vaccuum! It was slow going, but Grandpa was very patient and helped him steer.
Noah has also discovered the joy of mud puddles! Something Grandpa Winslow learned about last week when he took his eyes off of Noah for all of 30 seconds while they were playing outside. He loves getting dirty... typical boy (and definetely his mothers' child). Somehow over the last few months he has grown up and is ready to make his own decisions! If I tell him to be careful or not to do something he will listen pretty well, much to my pride, but then suddenly I'll hear a THUD or a BANG and I find that he wasn't really listening, he was just biding his time till my back was turned! Looks like this is just the start of the tears and bruises!