Noah's Nutcracker

Today was the holiday show at Noah's preschool, which consisted of songs in French and English and a pee wee version of the Nutcracker. During the singing, Noah sang a few words here and there, but spent most of the time turning around to look at the kids behind him, sucking his thumb, staring vacantly, playing what looked like "itsy bitsy spider" with his fingers, and clapping, snapping and spinning around when the spirit moved him, which was often. I thought only David and I would notice his antics, but post-concert conversations with other parents proved me wrong. He was a clown in the Nutcracker, which was inspired casting. I wasn't sure if he would enjoy performing or have a crying fit onstage, but he definitely had fun.

Evan's 100 days was December 20. Halmoni and Bapba joined us and made yummy Korean food. Evan is a complete joy - still emerging from his awkward hormonal infant stage, but cute and so well behaved. The one thing that's hard to deal with is his spitting - 20 times a day is not uncommon. And they are often clothes-soaking, floor-splattering, awe-inspiring rivers of spit-up. But he's so sweet that it's not hard to deal with. He's inspired me to make up songs: "I Feel Spitty" or "I'm a spitter/I'm a grinner", etc.