Happy New Year!

Submitted by William on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 10:42pm

We celebrated the New Year at home this year. Mom said it was because I didn't take a nap. I think it might have had something to do with Eliana having a cold, too. Either way, I didn't mind. We ate pizza, played Uno and set some goals for the new year. Mom says goals are things you want to accomplish. I asked if accomplish was like that fire hose that Wall-E sprayed in the movie. But I guess that's not quite right. But when I heard what it did mean, I decided that one of my goals was to invent a "fire accomplisher." One that kids could use that had a button to make the fire smaller but not one to make it bigger, so it would be more safe. My other goal is to show people how I can hop on one foot and balance on one foot. I think you could probably help me out with that one!


Got it! Lesson One, passed!

For New Year's Day we slept in nice and late. Mom and Dad seemed pretty tired. I found out that they took turns staying up all night with Eliana. I slept just fine! After hanging around at home most of the day, Mom decided that we should get outside in the nice weather and try out the ice skates I got from Grandma and Grandpa Lanz for Christmas - my first real ice skates! I jumped at the idea! We went to the little rink over by Auntie Lynn's house because the one closest to our house was way too busy for my liking. I mastered the first lesson - standing on my own! The next lesson was to actually move. I made it a few inches. We decided that we really should find a chair for me to hold onto to save Mom's back. But it was fun and we stayed out even after some other kids came to the rink. We only went home when our toes got cold. I can't wait to try skating again!

And Mom thought I should tell you, book club cancelled because of the weather and my friend's family isn't coming to stay after all. So this week has been very calm, which is a big change! We've just been hanging out and playing with all our new toys.