The Boys at Play

The Boys at Play, originally uploaded by Elizabeth Stek.

Ian loves his little brother... when Noa is willing to act as a road!

Things are good in the Stek house. We survived my first week back at work! I was pretty sure I would make it but I was a little concerned for Aaron. Contrary to the opinion of many, I am fully aware that as the stay at home parent, he has the harder job.

We are all adjusting to a life as four and getting back to a routine (??). I realized as I wrote that, that probably for the next year, nothing will be routine in our lives :-)

Ian continues to amaze me with his verbal skills and the charming mistakes. Lately he is calling his bicycle helmet, his "Melman". I think helmet just sounds a lot like the giraffe character in his favorite movie, "Madagascar". I think it's hilarious. Yesterday he was painting with Daddy-O and wrote a recognizable letters A, O and P all while saying out loud what he was drawing. Is this part of the normal two year old development milestones or am I right in saying my child is brilliant!

Noa continues to grow at an amazing rate. He has now outgrown at 6 weeks what I have pictures of Ian wearing at 2 months. But I have to say the reason he outgrew a couple sleepers was because his feet didn't fit the booties anymore! Unlike Ian, who's feet are so long, Noa's don't fit because they are too wide. That he gets from me!

The little guy is suffering from a bit of a cold and is having a hard time eating because of a stuffy nose which makes him pretty cranky. So today we are taking it easy, because none of us slept well last night, Ian included. It's hard when one wakes up the other. Luckily there are two kids and two parents. I can't imagine what it would be like to be married to a chauvinist or to have 3 children. The other day we saw a couple who had a toddler and triplet infants!! I felt for them. Yikes!

Ian is helping me make peanut butter cookies today and him and Aaron are at the grocery. Noa was sleeping up to now. Gotta go!