Fish Tales

Sorry for the lack of updating over the last couple weeks. Not much has gone on to be blog-worthy, and I've slacked again on taking pictures.

Nolan went camping last week with Mom-o, Pops, and Abby. He caught his first fish ever, but Teresa said she didn't have her camera with her at the time to capture the moment. Nolan told us that Abby had caught a fish too, and he said that both the fish they caught were small. Matt was trying to teach Nolan the art of telling fish-tales when he tried to get Nolan to say that his fish must have been bigger than Abby's! I think he had a really good time camping and then spending a few days at Mom-o's and then at Granny's.

While he was gone, I enjoyed a break with just Natalie and Nathan. We had great weather last week which entailed spending a lot of time outside. It's SO easy when it's just the two of them. Natalie is more apt to listen to me and to stay much closer by. When Nolan is around, he runs all over the place, and Natalie is always right on his heels! Nathan is even easier since he refuses to walk in the grass. When I take the kids out back, they stay put on the patio....drawing with chalk, playing with balls or rocks, or Natalie occasionally venturing out to find a dandelion to blow!

Nolan had been asking for a pet, and wanted first a cat, then a dog, then a rooster. I convinced him that the best option for now would be a fish, and also explained that if we had a rooster, our neighbors would probably be upset!!! One neighbor agreed when I shared this story with her....she said we would definitely be the WT family on the street! So this past weekend, we went to Wal-Mart and picked out a fish. The kids are pretty excited about it. Nolan climbs on the counter several times a day to talk to his fish, "Hornet," and yes, Nolan came up with the name. Though I don't encourage climbing on the counters, it's still cute to listen to him talk to his fish. The only problem with his fish being named "Hornet," is that sometimes Nolan shortens his name to "Horny." So it is quite amusing in the laugh-under-your-breath sense.

Again, I don't have any pics to post this time, but will try to get some up soon.