Nathanael's Birthday!

Nathanael turned 7 years old last week. We celebrated his birthday at the Lego Education Center. It was his dream come true! He and his friends got to build spaceships for almost an hour. They then enjoyed some cake that was shaped like a Lego brick! Nathanael had a blast and for a little guy that entered this world at 2 pounds - 2 ounces and three months premature, he has come a long way.

The birthday boy.

Caitlin had a great time.


Nathanael got to pick 20 pieces to take home!


Here he is building his spaceships.

Nathanael and Uncle David

Cousin Zachary

Cousin Aaron

Okay... No comments on my singing!

Chews the Right

The gum in the hair incident!

This is what Nathanael cut out of his hair.

Here he is with the lovely bald spot that he created.

Here he is before...

Here he is after!


Here's how it happened...

I thought that we had made it through the "gum in the hair" stage with out incident. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Nathanael loves gum and, until now, has been able to chew it without getting it everywhere. However, every now and then I would catch him pulling the gum out of his mouth making long strings and then swinging it around like a lasso. I would promptly remind him that his gum belongs in his mouth and that he would have to spit it out if it didn't stay there. Well... I was at a baby shower on Saturday, Caitlin was taking a nap, and daddy was snoozing on the couch. With a rogue six year old in the house it was a recipe for disaster! Here are the details from what I could gather from Nathanael and Nat when I got home. Nathanael was enjoying his gum so much that he decided to do the usual "pull the gum into a long string and swing it all around" when disaster struck. The gum landed on top of his head! In an effort to remove the gum he made it worse. Then deciding not to wake daddy, Nathanael went for the scissors to remove all evidence of his crime, or so he thought. He took my scissors and cut a big chunk of hair from the top of his head. He was so shocked at the amount of hair that he ran crying to daddy who couldn't quite figure out what happened being wakened by a crying hysterical boy with a wad of hair in his hands. Nathanael finally calmed down enough to be able to tell him his grim tale. Nat called the lady that cuts their hair and explained the situation. She agreed to do what she could to "fix" his hair. When I got home I examined his head and agreed that something would need to be done, so off we went to the stylist. She took one look at it and said that she couldn't "fix" it without using a #2 guard on the clippers. I knew how short that would be, but saw no other way around it... So needless to say, Nathanael has a new nick name around here. Nat now refers to him as "Buzz." Nathanael actually likes the new look and coincidentally he wanted to know what he'd look like with no hair a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, Nathanael won't be having any gum for a while.

When the cat's away the mice will have a slumber party!

The "cat" a.k.a. daddy was out of town on business last week. When this rare event happens Nathanael and I always try do something fun. Hee-hee. Last week we played Lego Batman on the big screen and made pizza for dinner. After dinner uncle David came over and we watched Wall-E. When the movie was over it was time for the real fun. Nathanael has started a tradition of what he refers to as a "slumber party." (He gets to sleep on daddy's side of the bed.) With Caitlin joining in on the fun and the strategically placed wall of pillows between Nathanael and me (to prevent him from kicking me all night) there is about 12 inches of space in which I have to sleep. It makes for a long night, but at least Nathanael thinks it's fun. Let's face it- you never really get much sleep at a slumber party anyway, right?