The Oistad Family: Noah is 2 1/2!

Our lil man is 2 1/2 years old and so much fun! We have been having a blast playing with him and getting out to enjoy the Alaska spring weather! We have spent many weekends playing at the elementary school playground near our house with his lil friends.

Below are a few of our favorite "Noah moments" from this month:

When we turn the car blinker on to make a turn, Noah pipes in from the backseat with “dinko, dinko, dinko” and his little head bops back and forth in rhythm with the signal sound. Hilarious and catching. Sometimes I catch myself doing it too even when he isn't in the car with me!

Each time we pull the car into the garage, he sings “Ho—ooome”!

BODI BODI BODI!!!” Noah gets very excited if we tell him he is going to see or play with his best pal Bodi (Bodi is 7 months younger than him so they are close in age). Once, he didn’t want to leave PaPa’s house and was telling us "NO", but then we said we were going to see Bodi and he RAN to get his coat and shoes and said “Bodi? Go see Bodi?” all the way home. That same night Bodi stayed late with us and we put both boys to bed. In the morning, Noah ran into “Bodi’s room” to see Bodi.

When he does something funny and we laugh, he asks “Noah be funny?” Or if Wes says something to make us laugh, he says "Dad be funny?"

“Peeeeease” - Noah has always been good at saying Thank you even at a really young age. He is not so good at remembering to say "Please". So now when he asks for something like “more grapes!” we always remind him it is nice to say, “Please” so then he will repeat his request, “More grapes peeeeeease” in the sweetest voice ever.

"Wiper nose! Wiper Eyes!” -- Our boy is a tad bit OCD in that he does not like to have his face or hands dirty. We tease my mom a bit for cultivating this habit as she constantly cleans him as he eats and has done so ever since he was a baby. But mostly, I think he likes the attention of having someone run a soft tissue/cloth across his face and hands at his demand.

Noah has an OBSESSION with all things from the Disney CARS movie. Books, bath toys, Coloring books, toy cars, movie, paints… Grandma and Grandpa practically bought out the Disney CARS section while at the Disney Store Vegas. My mom said they had to bring their clothes back in the cooler because their suitcase was packed full of cars clothes, jammies, cars, toys, swim gear etc.

He is also starting to get into Thomas and Friends, but mostly just likes us to play the opening theme song over and over.

Unfortunately, with Springtime, also comes the spring crud. Noah was super sick this month. Poor lil guy had nasty cough, fever and flu bug this month. We lots watched of Cars and Thomas with him on the couch and he got LOTS of TLC and snuggles.