2012-01-28: Nigel, on Going to the Gym

A message from Mom, at the gym:
Why am I doing this?

Nigel's reply:
It helps us be healthy and strong. It keeps us healthy.

2012-01-19: Chasing Girls at School

Dad picked Nigel up from school today.  His teacher, Miss Katie, was there, and mentioned that she asked Nigel what his favorite part of the day was.  His reply: "Chasing the girls."

2012-01-18: Making food for Santa

Nigel and Mom made food for Santa out of Play-Doh, and Mom was quite proud of their collective sculpting skills. They did carrots for the reindeer, and Santa got spaghetti and pizza.

2012-01-08: Making Applesauce

During breakfast this morning, Nigel asked for Dad to make some applesauce.

Nigel: Dad, use cinnamon, pepperoni and water.
Dad: Okay. Do you think we should put some apples in?
Nigel: No, this is a different kind of applesauce.

2012-01-07: Helping Aunt Blaire Move

Nigel, Mom and Dad all helped Aunt Blaire and Uncle Brandon move from his mom's house, in Eagle Mountain, to an apartment in Midvale. Nigel enjoyed helping to move things out of the house and into the moving truck.

He really wanted to ride in the moving truck, so Dad took him around the neighborhood briefly in it before leaving to head up to Midvale.

2012-01-07: I get to play in the snow

Amidst a dismal season for snow, with only a single, small accumulation to date, a few inches fell last night. From their bedroom, Mom and Dad heard Nigel awake, peek out his blinds, then begin chanting, "I get to play in the snow, I get to play in the snow..."

He went in to get Dad and took him back to his room to show him that it was winter (in his words).

New Year's Eve 2011

The family had planned to go down to the Blacks' house for Grandma's traditional holiday breakfast, but KariAnn and Uncle Kerry got sick, so we went to Grandpa's house, instead. Nigel enjoyed the breakfast, even including the cinnamon apples, to an extent. He kept trying to play fetch with Tiki, throwing dog toys inside, which were not interesting enough to distract Tiki from all the foods she was smelling, so Dad and Grandpa finally took the two of them out in the backyard, then to Curtis Park.

Nigel liked having turns with the throwing arm for a while, then went off to play at the playground and tromp through leaves. Afterward, he got back on his bike, but went up the hill, rather than down, and went almost all the way to the Foothill Village driveway before turning around. He went back down pretty fast, and on the grassy hill, coasted very fast through almost the whole steep part! Then, Dad and Grandpa were able to talk him into practicing his coasting on a concrete path that was almost the perfect steepness for coasting.

Nigel stayed on his bike, riding around and playing, almost the whole way back, with many diversions to practice riding and coasting along the way.