francesca's little men

Noah


1. He was standing at the bathroom sink tonight after brushing his teeth, and he lifted his right leg up, and rested his right anxle on top of his left knee. He said, "Look, a number 4!" He was right, it did look like a four.

2. We took him to the spinkler park and he loved it. He would run through the sprinklers for a couple minutes, then come sit down for a minute, wrapped in a towel. He went back and forth a bunch of times. The thing that amazed me was how fast he would shed the towel and be at top running speed towards the sprinklers. Less than 2 seconds.

3. While at the sprinkler park, Noah accidentay knocked over a smaller girl. He helped her up and said sorry, then he came to tell us what he had done and that he had said sorry. He's good sometimes.

Liam

1. His eyes. Liz is here with Ian, visiting and she has mentioned several times about his "sweetie pie face" ... really, I think she means his eyes. They say it all. But it has been hilarious to see him do is little shy act around Liz and Ian. He gives them "come hither" looks with his eyes and his closed lip "Mona Lisa" grin. He has been doing it a lot. It's his fall back when he doesn't know the person very well or when he's in public and it melts hearts. I should have a fall back like that. I'd probably get way more free stuff or something.

2. His reaction to the sprinkler park was glaringly different than Noah's. Liam walked through the spraying water with Daddy leading him around only for about 2 minutes and when Daniel took him through some spraying water, he almost cried, sputtered and they came immediately back to me on the grass and he sat wrapped in a towel for the rest of the time Noah ran around the sprinkler park. He relaxed, drank his strawberry limeade from Sonic, climbed on the fence a little, then came back and sat in my lap. It was so cute and so decidely Liam's style.

3. His run. Absolutely hilarious. He only runs when he's excited about something. He doesn't even run away from Noah, he just stands there usually and takes the brunt of whatever is coming at him. But when he's excited about something - he runs! And when he does .... oh ... my ... gosh - pray that you are behind him and can watch. It is a thing of beauty. His arms flail and his wrists are relaxed so that his hands bounce with each bounding step. His feet are a little turned out (like a ballerina) and he rounds them like wheels, but the best part is how his feet slam against the ground as he runs. It looks jarring and everything jiggles when each foot lands with a smack to the ground. It's awesome.