contrarian who even speaks spanish

noah has his own ideas about things and he's stubborn and bossy about them. if i say i don't like raw onions, he says, "actually, yes mama DO like onions." he insists that we ARE on the highway, on the street in front of our house. and when he doesn't want to answer something, he says, "mama answer." he doesn't want to go home yet. but when i ask where he DOES want to go, he says "mama answer."

he's been putting things away also, in places where he thinks they belong. a rain boot with the tupperware, a dinosaur magnet with the diapers, an elmo book with the tools. you know. 

he is still intermittently nice and mean to aviva. the other day, he said he wanted to have a day "just you and me. no beeba." but he also kisses her goodnight sometimes, and likes to put her in his lap. he likes to crawl with her and likes to randomly hit her. 

the words noah is saying here: "noah wants something" and when josh asks him what he wants, noah says "daddy answer." when josh says he doesn't know what noah wants, noah says "daddy does know."


and last week we saw some ducks and he said they were so big, they even speak spanish.