[Nicolas] Cooker Baby

we had an awesome Christmas at my parents' house. nicolas had a great time. here's a four and a half minute phone call between my mom and him. she's pretending to be Mr. Fox and he's pretending to be Henry, a red-striped rabbit that Mr. Fox wants to put pepper on and eat. this is based on a book by Ellen Christelow called Henry and the Red Stripes

we're smiling on the inside!

sorry we've been away ... moving from nashville to new orleans more permanently, and doing lots of other stuff. we're in oxford for christmas and took some time post-nap today to bake some gingerbread cookies:

Mary enrolled Nicolas in a gymnastics class at the Y here in Nashville. Last Saturday was their first class. she said he loved it, and was a natural on the parallel bars.

wow, sorry for the delay in posting. lots going on with us trying to settle our living arrangements, and i just haven't had time to update this. if any one is still reading at this point, here goes: we had a great thanksgiving at my brother's house in nashville. nicolas spent most of the day in the basement/studio playing guitar, drums, bass and piano. my brother and a few of his musician friends joined us from time to time to give nicolas some pointers and kick out the jams. nicolas even made up his own song and sang it through my brother's microphone and voice modulator rig. everyone was pretty amazed at his ability to listen and keep time and play along with them at just 2 1/2. seriously. he was really doing great. i'm sorry i didn't bring the video camera. i did take some pics, but i have got to get a better one-touch. our little canon SureShot broke a while back, and this iPhone cam just doesn't cut it in low light. but hopefully you'll get the gist of