Earth Day at Noah’s School

Here’s an update of Noah at school today:

“Today’s activity was planting bulbs in pots. This week we will continue focusing on Mother Earth, everything she offers us and how to take care of her responsibly.

All children have had a fantastic day. We even had it “rain rice” today by accident! One small child thought it was a great idea to make it “rain rice” at the rice table this morning. They all had a fantastic time making it “rain” and cleaning up the “rain” too;-). You may find rice in nooks and crannies you never dreamed of. I put on my shoe that was parked at the entrance and even found a scoop in there!:)

Enjoy your day folks-we are thoroughly!

Cheers,
Robin & Mandy”

Noah’s first day at school

Noah has had his first day at “school” and so far he loves it!

He’s going to a lovely, big home here in Boulder with a giant backyard and large rooms inside to run around with the other kids.

He’s made friends with the kids there already, and a friend from his Mommy/kids group, Maddie, is also going to this same nanny care school.

There are a ton of new toys and the people there are great, so he’s having a big time.

We’ll send some photos of him at his new school when we get them.

Here are some updates that they sent out about his experiences on his first day there:

Antigua 2010 – The Video

Hi friends. Here’s a video to give you more of a taste of what’s it’s like in Antigua. I have to say that it doesn’t really do the experience justice. The colors and warmth and smells and interaction with the people…that’s all hard to convey in a video, but this will give a little better idea than the photos.

Enjoy!

Antigua 2010 – day 8

Twice now, during our stay here, Noah has been mobbed by groups of local teenage girls. It’s really quite something…they get so excited to see him, their cameras come flying out, and they all pose with him for photos.

Then the bring us into the photos at the end. They are giggling and saying “Hola Noah,” “Noah, look over here,” trying to get him to look at the camera.

I don’t think they see many young blond, cute kids from the states very often. It’s like he’s some kind of child actor star or something. Crazy. He thinks it’s pretty cool, thought the group of girls today were a bit too animated and moving too fast. After a few minutes he started to cry…he was ready for a nap at that point. It’s hard to be a child celebrity with naps to take.

We went out to dinner tonight at a hotel that has a restaurant in it…Hotel Posado de Don Rodrigo. It was the best meal we’ve had yet…amazing food.

There were 7 or so local guatemalan men playing Guatemalan marimbas right in the restaurant. Noah was way in to the music…dancing and running around, making everyone smile (except some grumpy, old americans.)

More on this and some photos after the break, or, after you click on Read More…

First Birthday Party!

Noah had his first birthday party last night up here at the cottage! Most of the family was here and wow, was the cake every good. He absolutely loves his new stacking game from Uncle Greg, Auntie Veronika, and cousins Anna and Valerie.