Recovering Noah

Once upon a time there was a monster. He was so nice. On Halloween he didn't scare no one.  Instead, he gave all the kids candy. The End.

Noah's really making me laugh today.  His spelling is still sporadic, but when he's "on" he is on! We were sitting at the table and Nandi & Eli were spouting off math facts and getting them all wrong. "7 + 3 IS nine!!' "No it's not, it's 8!!!" This went on for about 5 minutes and Noah got increasingly upset. Finally, he started rocking back and forth and shrieking while banging his head. I asked him, "Noah, are you mad that they're messing up all the math facts?" (If you'll recall, Noah's favorite thing for me to do is to sing the multiplication tables.) And he spelled out Y-E-S. "Why" "B-E-C-A-U-S-E  I  N-O  E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!" I didn't point out that he obviously doesn't know how to spell "know".  We'll work on that one later. =) We also started on Noah's diet again today. The past month was just awful. My hat is off to any parent who wo...

Things have been so busy around here that I haven't had a chance to actually sit down and write much. Right now, I'm just writing down Noah's conversations so that I won't forget them. Here's his first poem. He wrote it (well, pointed it!) last Friday when were in Austin to work with Soma.  She had him pick two words that rhyme and then she told him to make sentence using those words. I think it adds an extra dimension to his cleverness. =) 1.  The ride was long      I heard a song That was written after we finally arrived at HALO. It took 4 hours to get there because I was stuck behind a mobile home going 40 mph for a good 70 minutes.  I sure hope Noah didn't pick up any the words I was saying along the way.... 2. I heard a noise     I had no choice     It came from running boys     Not from toys This was written after our lunch break. We were headed back and some college kids thought it'd be fun to dart in and o...

I know that if I don't sit down right now and put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) then I'll forget. And I know that I owe a big explanation on what we're doing with Noah and all that, and I will try to write something soon.  In the meantime, Noah is amazing us lately with his spelling on the letter board. Noah, if you could have any superpower in the world, what would it be? T-A-L-K What's the hardest thing about being 9 (almost 10)?  N-O-T  T-O-I-L-E-T  T-R-A-I-N-E-D What's your favorite song at the moment? S-O-M-E-O-N-E  L-I-K-E  Y-O-U Noah! I change that song every time I hear it. (I'm a bit tired of it).  Do you want me to stop changing it? Y-E-S If you could live anywhere, where would you live? T-E-X-A-S  W-I-T-H   M-O-M If you could invent anything, what would it be? T-O-Y-S  T-H-A-T  D-O-N-T  C-O-S-T When were you the happiest in your life?  M-E-E-T-I-N-G   A-N-O-O-P  (when he met Anoop...

Q&A with Noah (on the letterboard) What’s your favorite color?   G-R-E-E-N What’s your favorite food? R-I-C-E What's your favorite dinosaur? S-T-E-G-A-S-O-R-U-S  What’s your favorite movie? E-L-M-O I-S G-O-O-D Which Elmo movie?  H-A-N-D-S  (Elmo has Two Hands, Feet, and Ears) Who's your favorite singer right now? A-D-E-L (he meant "Adele") What's your favorite holiday? C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S What do you want for your birthday? D-R  P-E-P-P-E-R No, Noah. What toy do you want for your birthday? T-R-A-I-N What famous person would you like to meet? M-I-L-E-Y  C-Y-R-U-S  (lol... really??) What’s your favorite book? M-R  G-U-M  (fantastically brilliant, offbeat, slightly offensive British children's series that has a wicked sense of humor and keeps us both in stitches) I'm loving learning more about my sweet Noah!

I'm sorry I haven't responded to my emails or blogged this past week. I fried our computer. Long story. In fact, it'll probably be a blog post later in the week. (And if you've been reading this for a while, then you may remember that I fried our last computer, too!).  Maybe this is a sign that I need to stay away from computers?? Anyway, in my last post about the upcoming auction for Sarah's Covenant Homes , I showed a picture of baby Emma. I'm proud to say that Baby Emma is home! She's now at Sarah's in Ongole and weighs 5.5 lbs. She needs to gain 1 more pound in order to have shunt surgery. Will you pray for her health? You can also read all about Emma on Sarah's new post HERE . And if you would like to participate in the auction, please let us know! Thanks!