noah is 2.5

This month Noah turned 2.5. Although he's a rambunctious kid (see pics below), he's also learned a lot in his little life.

At 2.5 Noah can:

name all the basic colors (blue, green, red, pink, purple, orange, yellow, brown, gray, etc.)

count to 10 without help

count to 20 with help

do some letter-sound recognition (A says ahhh like apple)

wash and dry hands with little assistance

build a tower of 11 blocks, before they come crashing down!

sing many songs from memory, including ABCs, twinkle, twinkle little star, and Jesus loves me

recite much of Psalm 1!!

recite several other sentence verses

he got in the gumbo pot this week. he said, "mama help me out." i said, "wait. let me get the camera!"
It's very hard to get Noah to smile these days. "Say cheese" doesn't even work. So I usually settle for an action shot or one where he's being silly. Like this one, with his tongue hanging out. But you know what, personality pictures sure do say a lot. Especially when that personality is Noah's!

Here he is with one of his precious Elmos. I love that he pretends with them.

Apparently Noah and Elmo are sharing a pretend snack together.

Noah and his grocery shopping buddies.