Nolan Playing the Organ

Nolan loves to play the organ! He probably plays it more than I do. There's always a beat in the background as he plays, which gets a little annoying after a while! :)

Nolan's Birthday Party

I was looking back at some of our recent videos and this one made me smile. Here is a clip of Nolan's birthday party. (Yay, I figured it out! With a little help! ;)) Sorry, I'm not sure how to flip it the right way!

Muffin Man

Nolan has grown attached to a certain Christmas decoration this year. It's a stuffed gingerbread man with a chef outfit on. He's named it Muffin. This morning Nolan was looking all over for the misplaced muffin man. I helped him look, but we couldn't find him anywhere. Finally, Nolan said, "Mommy, maybe we should say a prayer and Heavenly Father will help us find Muffin." I was so happy that he came up with that idea all by himself. We have done that several times when a toy or something is missing and Nolan knows how well prayer works. So, Nolan said a sweet little prayer and we began searching some more. Within 5 minutes the missing Muffin Man was found! He was in Nolan's play kitchen of course, hiding in one of the doors. :) Nolan than told me we needed to say another prayer to thank Heavenly Father for helping us find Muffin. So, we did. I know Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. Even though this is such a simple example of how Heavenly Father answered Nolan's prayer, I know it'll be something that Nolan remembers and uses often.

Nolan's Letter to Santa

I asked Nolan if he wanted to write Santa a letter of what he wanted for Christmas. His letter is short and sweet. He probably would have kept thanking him rather than telling him what he wanted for Christmas if I didn't steer him in that direction. As I thought about it later, I realized how if everyone focused on what they were thankful for, rather than what they wanted, this would be a happier world. Children are some of the best teachers.

Dear Santa,

Thank you for playing with those ducks. Thank you for letting me live in this house. That's what I want to say. I want some two animals for christmas. K, I think that's it.

-Nolan (12/5/08)

My Masseuse

Nolan is my little masseuse. He gives the best back massages! Sometimes he'll get a little carried away as you'll see in this video, but for the most part, he does a pretty good job! Hopefully he won't grow out of it!