This is one of my favorite pictures of Nathan. It captures his easy-going personality, sunny smile, and three of his favorite hobbies/interests: taking a walk in the Christmas trees, his light sabre (you never know who you'll meet out there!) and his San Jose Sharks jersey.
If a professional photographer had wanted to capture Nathan's entire person, and studied Nathan for weeks in order to do that, he would have set up this exact shot. Okay, maybe he would have added Storm in the photo...
Look at all the money we saved not hiring a professional photographer! : )
Okay, more update news on the Nathan front: he IS going back to Quadra for a summer job. Last year he went for 6 weeks as a course cadet in the Shipwright program. This year he was offered a position in the Boat Shed, which means he just might get to put those shipwright skills to use. It wasn't his first choice for positions, but it's not a bad choice for him.
On Tuesday night Nathan was promoted to Petty Officer, which is a senior rank with many privledges. He can now "saunter" on the parade grounds, instead of "double-timing." He can go in the P.O. lounge and have free snacks/drinks. He can boss junior cadets around. And many others.
He has been driving A LOT. Sometimes for his own activities, but mostly to cart his younger brothers around! It has been so nice and convenient. Last night Don and I both had wine with our dinner because, even though Sean had to go somewhere that evening, we knew Nathan would be able to take him there!
School is going okay. Actually his grades have slipped a bit from his great "straight B's" report card of a month or so ago. One grade actually slipped lower than our basketball standard. As in, if any grades are below this line, you don't play any basketball until they're raised. Yesterday Nathan was supposed to have basketball practice after school, but came straight home instead. He was suprisingly positive and pleasant. I made a comment about how much I appreciated his attitude since I knew he was disappointed about not being at practice right now. And do you know what he said, "Well, I am disappointed, but I'm not surprised. It's not like you haven't had these standards for two years." Wow! What maturity!
It's a pleasure to parent him so much of the time. Like 99.5%.
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So, here's a thought - we so enjoyed reading Nate's update, that we thought that perhaps you could "showcase" one child each week, and do a post on them. That means that each child would get a post dedicated to them every 5 weeks, and surely there would be lots to report after 5 weeks. What do you think? I'm going to try and talk Val into that, too :)
Love you!!
Mom
Okay! Nolan and Frank and Haley all had their Light Sabers out for a duel last night around the pool! Of course, the only reason Frank and Haley have light sabers is because Nolan bought them for their birthday presents last year! Frightening! These kids could have been bffs.
See you soon!
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