Well, they don't
literally take to the air this month, but this month's rather paltry
selection of photographs seem to share an aeronautical theme.
Once again, we at Nelsongang are really, really embarrassed and upset
about this month's update being so drab and awful. We swear we'll
do better next month. Really.
For those of you who simply must suffer through this month's update,
you can find a smattering of
photographs
(including the equally brief printer-friendly
version), or you can sample a few family anecdotes conveniently
arranged into bullet points:
- After picking up Lisa's car from the mechanic, we
pulled up next to her at a stoplight. Cate shouted through the
open window: "Mommy, I love you more than horses!" Now that's
saying somethin'
- Cate helped me rake the entire back yard, hanging
with me for more than an hour. I didn't have that much voluntary
patience with yard work until I was... ever
- When Ben Folds used some adult language, I changed
the CD to one of the kids' all-time favorites: Beck's
Guero. Unfortunately, I didn't realize I'd interrupted Cate's
dance performance, because she informed me in no uncertain terms:
"I
want to listen to pretty music,
not cool music!"
- Cate read her first book on New Years Day -- Baby
Says. Who knew eleven words could make a girl so proud
- A week after her first serious yard work, Cate
helped
me rake the back yard again for nearly 90 minutes. While I've
often described the kids as "helping" (imagine quoting fingers wagging)
with household chores, she truly helped today
- Nearly a full month after Christmas, Cate decided it
was time to sing the Twelve Days of Christmas, including "Two Turtle
Dogs." I discovered she is somewhat sensitive to gentle rewriting
suggestions
- Looking out the car window at the passing scenery,
Jack asked: "So just where is Heaven around here?"
- At The Blue Goose, we discovered Jack is already a
two-fisted drinker. We were all chatting when we noticed Jack
holding his milk cup in one hand and his water cup in the other, and he
was simultaneously sucking on both straws. When he realized we
thought this was hysterical, he couldn't reproduce the feat without
bursting out laughing
That's
it for now!
Lisa and
Greg
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