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Weekend Requests

1/27/2021

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Another quiet, mostly indoor, weekend in the Land of Noa. While Noa seemed to be fine with staying in (as long we promised to keep checking the weather in case it suddenly got warm), she did make use of the occasion of being indoors to make several specific and interesting requests. 
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The requests started early in the day. While she initially didn't want to wear shoes with braces, she ultimately agreed to wear them (since we were going to do treadmill) but only if the shoes had shapes on them. Fortunately, we had a pair of sneakers with a triangular design that proved to be acceptable. This was followed by the request that her "later" shoes (after treadmill) would have stars on them. 

So, while Noa was on the treadmill, Mommy removed the "stars" from an old pair of too-small shoes and sewed them on to her current indoor shoes. 

Noa also requested that her morning treadmill workout be followed by changing shoes, hammock and spinning swing... all before breakfast. The shoes with stars, by the way, were a big hit.
During breakfast (which Noa insisted was breakfast, not to be confused with brunch or lunch, which would be followed by chocolate ice cream that she clearly wanted to save for a later lunch-dinner meal), Noa requested that after breakfast Mommy should put snaps on Electra Monkey's feet. Noa sorted coins while Mommy sewed on the snaps.

Noa tested out the snaps by having leaning down  from her chair and making Electra Monkey tap dance so she could hear the clicking on the floor.

She, again, wanted to where her pink hat and scrunchie scarf pretty much all the time (except when showering).

All in all, letting Noa call the shots this weekend turned out to be a pretty good thing, and it helped us to get over the hump of not being able to do some of the outdoor activities that tend to dominate her focus when she is home.

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The Weekend Exploits of Suburban Adventure Girl

1/17/2021

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This was a bit of an unusual weekend for Noa. Despite her commitment to the rugged stylings of a Suburban Adventuress, this was perhaps the laziest and most uneventful weekend ever experienced by the Sahl household.

Everyone slept late. After trying (without success) to negotiate a guaranteed end of rain, to be followed by a walk in the blue stroller, Noa seemed to give herself over to the rain-inspired lethargy of the day.

Noa rejected any suggestion that she walk on her treadmill, ride on her bike or even do yoga with Mommy. She decided, instead, that she wanted to hang out in the hammock (with zuzzies), hang out in her spinning swing (with zuzzies) and rock in her Woo-woo chair (with zuzzies.) She also enjoyed cleaning up her room, jumping after swings and reading her journal, but most of the day was about going from chair-to-chair.
Noa enjoyed carrying Mommy Monkey over her shoulder everywhere and insisted on wearing her pink knit cap (which she'd worn to bed - with her hair scarf still peeking out) ALL WEEKEND! She only let me take if off her once, Sunday morning, to brush her hair and put the scarf back in her hair. 

​While it was a bit out of the ordinary for a Noa weekend,  the rainy weather seemed to have a similar sluggish affect on all of us so, so we just decided to roll with it.
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On Sunday, Noa talked to Grammy on FaceTime and did a great job communicating that she was eating breakfast and that later she was going to walk to the car and go to school.

​Overall a very chill weekend.
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A New Year's Miracle: Doggie Found!

1/11/2021

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Back in March, we lost Noa's beloved Blue Green Yellow Doggie. Doggie was one of Noa's first toys - she was only about a month old when Doggie came into our lives and for 14 years, they were inseparable. We lived in terror of the day that Doggie would disappear. That is happened at the start of the pandemic only made it even more challenging... and mysterious!

We knew Doggie had to be in the house. We hadn't gone further then our own back porch for over a week. We looked everywhere. We moved furniture. Looked in every pocket (so we thought.) Eventually, I convinced Noa to embrace a lessor "Doggie" we called "Greentail Doggie" (whose tail was green thanks to a permanent marker.) 

On January 1st, just as Noa was getting ready for bed, I put on a hoodie that apparently I hadn't touched since March. The pocket felt heavy. I reached in, than there he was. I filmed the happy reunion and created this video to commemorate this amazing moment.
After the initial reunion, Noa and doggie shared some kisses with Mommy.
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Christmas Vacation

1/11/2021

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So much to share! Noa had a great holiday break. She was very communicative. She did well when the schedule had to change due to weather, or Mom & Dad's work schedule, and at times would suggest changes to the schedule that made it more palatable for her. For example, she decided that she liked to walk on the Treadmill Mill before breakfast, which turned out to be a great idea that became a regular part of our Winter Break schedule.

This was the first year that Noa seemed to genuinely look forward to the prospect of opening gifts. Because it was just the three of us, we were able to open gifts at Noa's pace which was great. We brailled tags for all the gifts and Noa did a great job reading tags and giving gifts to the appropriate person.

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Noa enjoys her new bracelets
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Noa wearing a shirt with 3 stars she decorated with three stars, Xmas pants, socks, gloves & Mommy's arm warmers (and Mommy's hat)
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Noa contemplates her completed shape puzzle

Noa also liked putting things in the front pocket of her hooddie, especially zuzzies.
So, what did Noa get for Christmas?
  • A number of bracelets (both elastic and slap bracelets with shapes on them.)
  • A soft hoodie with ears that she likes wearing to bed.
  • Fisker hole-punches (square, circle, triangle, star) which she later used to make shapes that we ironed on shirts, and 10 hearts of different textures that we used to velcro to put in a put.
  • A Barbie Styling head to practice putting hair up - we've only used it a few times but she seems interested.
  • A shape puzzle with a timer (but we haven't tried it with the timer yet.)
  • 3 pairs of gloves, including one long pair of gloves that inspired her to ask Mommy for her arm warmers which became very popular both indoors and out.
  • Socks, pants, coins to sort, a new backpack.
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Noa enjoys her hoodie with ears.
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Noa works on her shape sorting puzzle
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Below: Noa opens a present from Manny, a boy who lives a few doors down. 
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Talk to Me

1/11/2021

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The Talking Hamster isn't new, but Noa spent quite a while with it one day experimenting with the different ways she could make it respond. This video is a bit on the long side, but I thought it was pretty interesting to watch her try to figure out what make this toy tick. 
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