This Blog Brought to You by the Letters "F" and "Y"

No, I'm not being vulgar. I'm finally getting around to telling the story of how the great toilet mystery of 2010 was finally solved. So, a couple of months ago, I was cleaning out my closet and Noah was entertaining himself in the bathroom that's attached to my closet. To be honest, I knew he was probably up to something that he shouldn't be but I was being so productive and it was so nice to have him entertain himself for a while. Then it happened...I heard the toilet flush. I immediately ran over to make sure that he didn't flush himself down (which I knew to be impossible but I still have those irrational thoughts occasionally, I call them mommy moments). Upon inspection, it looked as though it was a harmless flush and everything was as it should be. It wasn't until later that evening that Stuart and I realized that the toilet was not flushing in its regular manner. We plunged and we flushed for a few days and even used a pipe snake to try and clear out whatever it was that was causing this issue. Finally we gave in and called a plumber. He came over and within about 10 minutes he had used his industrial strength pipe snake and seemed to have fixed the problem. The toilet worked for a day. We knew then that the nice plumber had just managed to dislodge whatever was down there temporarily and now the object had lodged itself in there even tighter. So, instead of calling back the plumber, we called a friend (who we should have called in the first place) and he came over and lifted the toilet off of the floor. He managed to find the culprit. It was a foam alphabet letter that Noah plays with in the bathtub. He apparently thought it would be neat to see what would happen when he put it in the toilet and flushed. So, after fishing out the letter "F", the toilet goes back on the floor and our friend realizes that there is still something down there. Again, toilet off the floor and what gets pulled out this time you might ask? None other than the letter "Y." We found it to be very ironic that those were the two letters that Noah had chosen to flush. And that's how the great toilet mystery of 2010 was solved.
That, ladies and gentleman, is just a glimpse into daily life with Noah Stephen Rogers. He is a handful to say the least. Now that he is mobile, our house tends to look like a bomb went off all the time. There is no stopping him, only containing him. Stuart has taken to calling him "The CEO" because he wakes up early, orders everyone around and throws amazing tantrums if he doesn't get his way. Now, with that being said, I will say that he is the cutest CEO I've ever seen and he's also quite the comedian. He has an incredible sense of humor for such a little person also. He speaks his own special language which we have taken to calling "garblish" because that is exactly how it sounds. All in all, life is pretty exhausting trying to keep up with that kid but we wouldn't trade it for the world.

The boys both had a very fun Halloween. We were treated to a parade of costumes at Cameron's school this year. All the classes parade around the playground in their costumes. Cameron was some character from Star Wars (not sure which one but he looked like a great Star Wars character). Noah dressed up as Scooby Doo which brought more than a few funny moments due to the weight of the head of the costume. It played hell with his newly adapted ability to balance and walk. Again, I don't have many pictures due to the fact that our camera is broken (black Friday here we come). Over Halloween weekend, Noah had his first night away from mommy and daddy. Stuart and I went to our friends' wedding downtown Indianapolis on the canal followed by a very eventful murder mystery themed reception while Noah got to spend the night with Aunt Stacey. Even though mommy was a bit nervous that Noah would have one of his hysterical fits, he did just fine for Aunt Stacey and mommy and daddy had a wonderful night out with friends.

So, now we are gearing up for all the festivities that late November and December bring our way. Next week, Thanksgiving is here (which is hard to believe) followed by Stuart's birthday, our 5th wedding anniversary and then Christmas. It's going to be a wild and crazy couple of months but we always look forward to catching up with all of our friends and family. Because the holiday season can get so crazy, we decided to celebrate Stuart's birthday/our anniversary a bit early this year. This Saturday we are traveling to Ann Arbor, MI to attend a University of Michigan football game. Stuart has been a lifelong Wolverine fan and he has never been to a game at Michigan Stadium. So, Aunt Stacey is coming out to watch the boys while we make the trek up to Ann Arbor. We are very much looking forward to it!!!

In other news, Cam continues to do great in school. We had his parent/teacher conference last week and he is reading very close to a 4th grade level and ranks in the top 2 or 3 of his class in all academic areas. We are so proud of him. The only complaint that any teacher ever has about him is that he talks too much. My response to that tends to be "try living with him." Well, that's all I've got for now. Hopefully we'll have some pictures to post on here sometime.