2013-10: Frankula Berry

Nigel has been excited to eat monster cereals. He refers to Franken Berry as "Frankula Berry".

2013-10: Reading Upside-down

Dad has caught Nigel reading upside-down lately, and wanted to see if that were something he could do in general. This evening, he turned Nigel's book upside-down and asked if Nigel could still read it. Words and sentences were a bit slower, but similarly readable to him. Numbers were not heavily affected, either, with the exception of reversing 6s and 9s (unsurprisingly).

2013-10-20: Slippery Snails

Nigel, Dad and Uncle Matt continued their new tradition of Sunday hiking with Rocky Mouth waterfall this afternoon. There are some steep parts of that trail, and Nigel was having some trouble with his "Twinkle Toes" shoes slipping. Those shoes don't have much tread on the bottom, but Nigel really likes wearing them because they are easy for him to take off and put on by himself, and they are very colorful and sparkly and pink, not to mention that they light up when he steps. Nigel described the rocks as being "as slippery as the bottom of a snail" under those shoes.

2013-10: Art Stand

Nigel has really taken to the idea of setting up a stand in the front of the house to sell things to passers-by. His idea today was to have an art stand, and he prepared two works for sale. One was a drawing, and the other a rendition of the alphabet.
A man driving home stopped to see the stand, and Nigel began negotiating a sale with him. The man was more interested in the rendition of the alphabet, and finally agreed to purchase it for $2.
Many congratulations to Nigel on the sale of his first piece of artwork!