Noah Wants his Own Desk

As many of you know, Noah is extremely smart.  He loves to read and do math problems. He also has become a great artist. He loves to draw and color all time.  He really wants to have a place to do all of his projects and homework. For Christmas, Santa brought him some office supplies.  He definitely takes after his mom who used to love to play school. I would go to the teacher stores with my mom and come home with different things to play school. I had my own grade book.  He really doesn’t have a place for all of his stuff to be organized.  He went with my mom to her school for their celebration and he ended up winning a basket of supplies in the raffle. He was so excited to have new notebooks, colored pencils and even scented markers.  He would love to have his own desk. I would get him one that has a lot of drawers.  My sister and I both had childrens desks.  We would use them for homework and to store our many office supplies. Noah talks often about having his own desk and workspace. Right now we don’t have enough space for one, hopefully we will soon. He is using his small train table as a work space along with the kitchen table, and occasionally the coffee table. 

 I think it is important to have a spot that is dedicated to homework and art.  A desk would be great and would cut down on crayon marks on the table.  You don’t know how many different places I have found pencils and crayons in places they don’t belong.  It would definitely cut down on Noah asking me to find him things all the time.  He loves to make homemade books. One of the things he received for Christmas was a hole punch.  I was going to use it to tie ribbon to attach his book and he lost it.  If he had a desk, he would know exactly where it was. Desks also help a lot with organization which is something all children need to learn.  I have lots of great memories sitting at my desk playing school, coloring pictures and making crafts.

Do your children have desks?

Shopping for Noah

Since Noah turned 4 I have been thinking about getting him some new furniture for his room. There are so many cute things they have for kids furniture. They have little recliners that are the perfect size for our little ones. I think it would be really cute if Noah and I had matching chairs to sit in. He likes to sit on our recliner but it is kind of big and he used to have trouble climbing up and down. Now he is a monkey and climbs on everything. I am one of those moms who think small versions of things are adorable. I would love for him to have some stuff like that. He has a little soft chair but honestly it is not the best thing to sit on because the sides are attached with just Velcro. He occasionally will slide off the chair if he sits on it the wrong way, which worries me. I would also like to get sturdy furniture for him that isn’t too heavy that it could hurt him but not flimsy enough that Noah could break it with normal use or worse tip over hurting my little boy.

Another thing I have started doing now that he is four is finding me going in to the toy section at the store and looking at educational toys. I think that is part of being a teacher’s child. I have always been taught that education is very important. I want him to learn with every experience that he has. I am not someone who is very strict that he can’t play with pointless loud toys either. I find that somehow Noah is very creative that he uses the toys that you would think are not educational and finds a way to learn from them. He is always trying to figure out how things work. I remember when he was a baby he would examine things and try and figure out how to take them apart. He would turn his stroller upside down and get under it like he was working on it. He definitely gets that from my Grandpa Jim who was a diesel mechanic and was always working on something. It makes me smile so big when he does things like that because it reminds me of my grandpa and how he would examine things and was always thinking just like Noah does now.