Visual Aid

I hope my husband does not get mad at me for this. And if he does, I hope he forgives me. It was too good to pass up.

Here is a picture to give you a visual of Nick falling in the clay/mud. He specifically asked me not to take a picture of him, but he said nothing about the coat he left outside!
This is just a portion of how covered he was. His pants were covered in the seat area, although he was wearing his waders, so his legs were relatively clean. His shirt was mostly protected by the coat (which is just as dirty on the inside along the bottom) but didn't escape entirely. His hands and arms were covered, probably from trying to wrestle free of the quagmire.

I still laugh when I think of him falling. I am glad, for his sake, that I did not see the actual fall, or I would have been merciless in my laughing at him in front of the dozen or so people who saw him fall. I know that I said he had been invited to go fishing with a couple guys from work, but I didn't explain that one person never showed up, and the other left just minutes before he fell. So neither of his co-workers saw him fall. Yesterday, he told them what happened. They both laughed really hard, but then asked why in the world would he tell them, rather than keep his dignity in tact. Thankfully, he has some measure of humor about the situation.

Last night at dinner, Joey very rudely said, "Mom, get me a napkin!" I told him that he needed to ask nicely, as any mother would. And my precious three year old mumbled, "Wha-ver" (which is his way of saying 'whatever' in a very disrespectful manner!) I could not believe it. I have never heard him speak so horribly, to me or to anyone else. I hope I never hear that again, at least not until he is a pre-teen and it is more expected, even though still completely unacceptable.

Baby Nick likes to throw things down on the hard floor between the couch and my chair. He likes the loud noise it makes, but it makes him flinch. Sometimes, he will throw something down, but I will have my hand beneath it and catch it. It is so funny to watch Baby Nick, because he still flinches in anticipation of the clattering noise it should make.