2012-04-28: Park City with Dad's Family

Nigel has been a bit injury-prone recently. He fell down riding his bike and scraped his ankle, and it ended up getting quite infected. At the doctor's office, he got shots of antibiotic in each thigh, and he was very brave about those, but everyone could tell they hurt a lot more than he had anticipated. He will need to take an oral antibiotic for some time, as well.

Today, the family went to Park City, where Grandma and Grandpa have a time share at a resort, and spent the day with grandparents and the Black family. The girls all spent a lot of time swimming, but Nigel was being very careful to keep his ankle away from water. The doctor told him to not let it get wet, and with the pain of the shots he got, he was not going to let himself get wet under any circumstances. Isolating him in a pool float with a towel wrapped around his leg was enough to convince Mom and Dad it would be okay, but Nigel insisted that was not okay, and wouldn't go near the pool. Good for him, of course.

During the afternoon, the kids went to the exercise room with Grandpa and Dad, and while Dad wasn't paying enough attention, Nigel managed to get his fingers caught in a running treadmill's belt, tearing off a good bit of skin from two of them. Again, he was pretty brave about it, but now he had to keep that hand away from water, as well.

The kids rode bikes and ran around, but it was disappointing not to be able to swim.

2012-04-17: Liberty Park with Grandpa

This evening, just after dinner, Nigel started playing with Mom's phone. Soon enough, he had managed to call Grandpa, and Mom and Dad heard the two of them talking. Nigel said the family was going to the park for a bike ride, and asked Grandpa if he would like to come. The bike ride idea was a surprise to Mom and Dad, as this was the first they had heard of it. Grandpa said he would like that, particularly seeing how he, Dad and Nigel had tried to go for a bike ride on Sunday, but had no success due to two flat tires and one improper tire repair.

Mom and Dad decided they should go through with the ride, as Nigel was clearly very interested. At the park, Grandpa said Nigel seemed so grown-up on the phone, and that was very fun for him.

Mom and Dad used their inline skates, Nigel rode his yellow bike, and Grandpa walked with Tiki over to the playground for a while. Nigel wandered over to the swings, and another mom put him on one of the swing chairs and started pushing him. Everyone made their way over, and Mom and Dad started talking with them about run bikes. They had a boy who was just barely two years old, and they all arranged for him to try the bike.

Nigel is so fast on his bike now! He is faster than a person walking casually, and loves coasting, which he tries to do frequently. Mom and Dad have been wondering when to try to get him on a bike with pedals (which Nigel has been asking about).

2012-04-19: Preschool Status

This school year, Nigel has been attending a Spanish-language preschool (Mckee) three days each week, and Dancing Moose on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has had a harder time at Spanish school, and says he doesn't like that the teachers won't speak English to him. He has warmed up to it quite a bit, though, and loves the small prizes he gets to buy there with the "filches" that he earns during the school day by speaking Spanish.

He took to Dancing Moose immediately, however, and often looks forward to going there. He has made friends with many of the kids in his class, but his favorite classmate, Abby, recently moved to Washington. Nigel talked quite a bit about when it was going to be, and then when it had been, Abby's last day at school.

Nigel says he enjoys chasing the other kids around, particularly the girls. Being one of the youngest in the class, however, he says they are usually pretty hard to catch. He likes to play with Matthew, and says he is not too hard to catch and play with.