Since we have moved to the new place, we have had to make some major adjustments. We went from a very quiet neighborhood with no children to one with numerous children. It is louder and brings much more frustration when it comes time to put your own child to bed or calm him/her down when they see other children playing. We signed a two year lease for our new home because we wanted to lock in our price and we are very tired of moving every single year. So, of course, we are going to have to get used to the new life!
Yesterday we bought a cheap little pool for Noah to play in. We figured if we got a small pool that it wouldn't be intended for other children to be in it with him unless invited. Well, of course, our neighbor has over 11 people living in their 3 bedroom home and they are from Iraq, so they don't always understand what we are saying. Luckily one of the children that is 11 years of age can understand English pretty well, but the rest...not so much. Steven blew up the pool when we got home from the store and of course they were watching from their house the entire time. As soon as water was in it they were over in our yard. Steven said, "No, please let Noah play alone right now, we just bought this." Yet, the children did not understand and started ripping off their clothes and jumped right in. We had pulled it over near Noah's play-set so it would have a slide to go down and that just made it even worse with multiple children. 
BUT....Noah had a blast playing with them, so we let the ruckus continue. Hopefully we will be able to establish some rules the next time because only the one child seems to listen, the rest disobey me over and over. It is great that Noah is making friends because he is so happy when he gets to play with them, but it gets very frustrating when the other children do not listen or understand.
So, here are some pictures from his time in the pool yesterday....wasn't able to get a good one of Noah alone really, but maybe later today! Enjoy!
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