February 2015 Update

Nathan was very pleased to receive a valentine from his cousin Lydia. The only bad part about the whole thing was that, when the envelop arrived, it was torn on one end. When we opened it up, the valentine was in there, the note that Aunt Megs and Lydia wrote to Nathan was in there, a lollipop stick, and a lollipop wrapper were in there....but the actual lollipop was no where to be found.

There was about a week of time when Nathan got on this kick of playing with the big blocks we have. Here is a picture of him inside a fort he and Brian built. Notice the farm catalog that he is reading inside the fort.

Our family's New Year's Resolution was to go to the Chicken House at least once a week on a school night. The benefits of this are that we avoid the weekend crowds and Mom doesn't have to cook one night after work. Nathan LOVES it. If we tell him the morning of that we will be going that night, he talks about it all day long. An example of one of our conversations is:

Nathan: "Are we going to the Chicken House tonight?"
Mom: "Yes."
Nathan: "When do we go to the Chicken House?"
Mom: "Around seven o'clock."
Nathan: "When is seven o'clock?"
Mom: "When Daddy gets home."
Nathan: "When does Daddy get home?"
Mom: "When it gets dark."
Nathan: "When does it get dark?"
Mom: (Big sigh.) "Around seven o'clock."
Nathan: (Pause...then.) "Mommy I really want to go to the Chicken House...NOW."

And it will be a very bad day, indeed, if we ever tell him that we are planning on going and then have to reschedule.