Archives # 2...Nathan's Birthday!

Sunday, August 07, 2005
Flying Pumpkins and Angry Turtles
Nathan wasn't feeling well the week of his Birthday so we put his Birthday
celebration off 'til this last week. It took several phone calls and a few
email messages but the Coast Guard, Air Division, after discussing it at a
meeting agreed to give us a tour for Nathan's Birthday. It was great! The
young woman who showed us a round, LT Cox, did a great job. She showed us her
emergency suit which they wear when they go out above the water and
explained how they work to protect them if they should have to bail out. She
also showed us her helmet, which she let Nathan try on. He said it was
heavy. Afterwards she took us out to see "the Flying Pumpkin", the rescue
helicopter. Both Nathan and Lindsay got to sit in the pilots seat where she
explained what all the buttons and levers did.Daniel even got to sit in the
pilots seat! I think he enjoyed it as much as the kids did. We then went
back inside through the hangar where we were able to see another copter
(identical) which was being worked on. It was quite interesting seeing the
same machine "undressed". As we were leaving, two fellows from the ORCA
division were in the lobby and said we were welcome to come by there for a
tour anytime. Great! Big Boat! Sounds like a future Birthday event to me!

I usually make the cakes but wanted to do a helicopter theme cake for his Birthday this time and
couldn't think of a way to pull it off so we let Albertson's take care of
the cake this year. They did a fine job with it. It was a photo cake with a
photo of a helicopter on a blue background. Nathan was quite pleased with
it.
Among Nathan's gifts was some Ninja Turtle clothing. Since the vast majority of the kids television viewing is limited to OPB he's never seen the Ninja Turtles. He looked at them a minute, smiled and, holding up the colorful top turned to Lindsay and said, "Angry Turtles! " He really llikes the angry turtles. Perhaps, in some way they remind him of "RedWall"?

Thursday, July 28, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN!
8 years old today! Since I don't have any current pics in my system right now I will post his very first story, written a few weeks ago in honor of his day.
Brass was a beetle who had black wings and was two stories high. One day he was looking for roses to eat. He was looking deep into the forest. Suddenly, he came upon an old old city. There was moss covering every building and there were no people. Suddenly, Brass found what he was looking for, sweet smelling red roses. Then he found a deep twisty hole under the rose bush. So he ate a rose. Then a ghost came out of the hole! Then Brass spit the petals out! Then he ran into one of the buildings! So the ghost raced after him! Then the ghost was right beside him. The ghost said, "Boo!" Then Brass smashed into a wall and it broke to bits. Then brass said, "Ouch!" So the ghost said, "Boo!" Brass turned around, went through the doorway, ran through the forest and all the way home. He never ever went back again. He lived happily ever after.

The end.