The Boy's Mouth

Noah is very articulate and talks a lot. He likes to approach strangers and explain where is his sister is on Tuesdays. But there was actually that one Tuesday that it was different. And he'll explain that also.  And if someone has a dog, we should ask if the dog is too fragile to pet or if it's okay to pet. Because we don't want to hurt it or break it. And he will talk to adults about these things. He doesn't really talk to other kids.

He also really wants to know WHY and WHAT IF. And what are spiders for, anyway? Why do mosquitoes bite, and how about if all the fish ate all the mosquitoes? What are hiccups? Why? What is lightning and is there going to be a storm tonight? Will there be a flood? Or an earthquake? Do you know for sure or you just think it? Can you promise? When there's a storm, afterwards will it go back into the sky? And what are storms for?

He still can't really say R's or L's, and it becomes a problem when he really wants to know why we don't use an awa wam (alarm). And will a deer eat us? If it comes close, will we shoot it with an wo woah (arrow).  

Fears are presently earthquakes, storms, and animals that might eat us. He doesn't want to be eaten by a deer. 

Talents are presently running backwards with his eyes closed and shaking his head and not even bumping into anything! All of these things go together.

Concerns are about people's clothes, and if they're the right kind. If they're the right kind, then the people are his friend right away. Sometimes the clothes are only kind of okay. He can't explain why, it just is. Sometimes my clothes are wrong and I'm not his friend. If his own clothes aren't right, he isn't his own friend but he still is his self. Somehow he got mixed up with a girl teenager's brain. Not sure where this came from. 

Hopefully we'll get a ticket soon from the police, because he wants to see it and maybe it will be a pretty ticket, he says. 

Josh told him about recycling and wasting paper and water, and Josh told him the the trees will thank us. He's been asking a lot about how the trees will thank us (actually how they'll quank us). Trees don't have mouths! How can that work?

Something else I might have already written about - running away. He's allowed to run away if he meets these conditions. Running away means running down the block when we're getting into or out of the car. So if he asks permission, stays in eye sight, and stops when we say, then he's allowed to run away. 

Noah was coughing and his throat was dirty, but he's better now. He went to a summer camp last week at Urban Adamah, and I"ll attach pictures.

Zucchini and lettuce from our garden

Noah wrote his name himself for his nametag