Nick's Art Work

Nick brought home a lovely art work from school today: "my mommy and daddy loveto hear me play the piano" -- so cute :)

Also, he had a science class at daycare today. The subject: friction generates electricity! During the class, the teacher showed the children how a simple act of combing the hairs generated enough electricity to attract tiny pieces of paper. Wow!

It's official, you got a sister!

Mom had a ultrasound yesterday and it is confirmed: the little sister is coming!

Nick is actually well prepared, as mom and dad have been explaining to him what is happening. Except for the occasionally pregnancy symptom he exihbits himself -- "I've got a doggie in my tommy, and his name is Jake (ask the Bunny the dinaso for details, please) " -- he actual understands the whole thing quite well. For example, every time Mom goes to see her doctor, Nick would ask, "妹妹出来了？"

Snowed in, and a lesson on gambling

For the third day in a row, Nick is staying home because of the snow. (His daycare follows strictly the federal schedule for school closures). To entertain Nick has not been an easy task, but mom and dad are up to it! For example, Dad made snow men with Nick yesterday:

OK, these are miniature version of the snowmen :) But it was really too cold outside to make a snow man adult!

Today, Nick played Black Jack with mom and dad for the first time. Well, he did not take loosing a bet too well -- Nick burst into tears as the dealer (a.k.a. Dad) took away his chips! So I guess a career as a Casino dealer is out of the question for Nick :)

Let it snow!

Snow is one of Nick's favorites -- not only because it is fun to play with, but, when it snows, it is also Nick's turn to help cleaning up! And Nick loves driving his big trucks to help, like he is doing here...

So far we have had two big storm this winter. This one is already another record, and the snow is still falling!

Statement as of 10:02 AM EST on February 06, 2010
... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 10 PM EST thisevening... A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 10 PM EST this evening. * Precipitation type... moderate snow.* Accumulations... an additional 4 to 8 inches today with totalaccumulations of 24 to 30 inches... with locally higher amountsin portions of the Baltimore and Washington DC suburbs.* Timing... snow will continue through early this afternoon. Lightsnow will continue late this afternoon and will taper off by 8PM.* Visibilities... visibilities of one-half to occasionally one-quarter mile are expected.* Temperatures... temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20sthrough tonight.* Winds... becoming northeast 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Windspeeds will decrease through late this afternoon. Precautionary / preparedness actions... A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow areexpected or occurring. Strong winds are also possible... especially near the coastline.

Record Report
Statement as of 04:30 PM EST on February 05, 2010
... Record daily maximum snowfall set at Washington Dulles DC... a record snowfall of 3.4 inch(es) was set at Washington Dulles DC today. This breaks the old record of 1 set in 2001.

A great opportunity to practice his snow cleaning skills!