Planning a birthday party

Noah has been practicing using a spoon, and he gets it to his mouth each

time. Once he's nearing the end of eating however he rubs food into his

hair, right behind his ears. It doesn't matter how often I wash his hair in

the tub we are pretty much guaranteed that his hair will be dirty the next

time he eats.

 

He's also becoming a climber. He stood on top of a rounded toy the other day

and reached his teething medicine from the top of the changing table. This

morning he grabbed ahold of the tub faucet handle and pulled till his feet

were off the ground and he was leaning against the tub.

 

He likes toilet paper too. He's really good at unrolling it quite rapidly. I

don't know how he does it. At least I am finding a way to still take a

morning shower! I just put some books in the bathroom (which he does look

at) and check on him periodically by looking over the top of the shower

curtain.

 

Another thing he does is share. He hands us a ball, scrap of paper, or piece

of fuzz he found and smiles as we take it from him and say thankyou. He even

talks back and makes some type of sounds when we give it back. It's a game

that can go on for several minutes.

 

Birthday boy- Saturday will be his party in a city park. We rented a picnic

shelter at a really nice park with a playground, paved trails, and a disc

golf course. To top that, it's an eco-friendly birthday party and we

specified to not bring a gift, but bring food for the food shelf. I figure

he has plenty of time for gifts for his other birthday, and we don't need a

bunch of things to fill our house. Plus, he seems to think non-toys are

often better than toys. That's my boy!

 

We are using sheets for tablecloths, special biodegradable plates from

Linden Hills Co-op, and having cloth treat bags and art projects using

materials from ArtScraps in St. Paul.

 

I will have to make some art project mock-ups tonight and post them later.

We will be making crowns, planters, and decorating frames.

Done