Christmas 2003

The Nelson Family 2003 “Stream of Consciousness” Christmas Letter

 

Not much time left. Things go so quickly around this time of year. Seems busier this year. Must write a Christmas letter. Not sure when I will find the time. I have an idea. How about I start writing and whatever comes out, I will just send. No editing. Sounds good…

 

Perhaps the biggest present we will receive this year came early. On the 27^th of February, Charles Philip Nelson was born. Those first few months already seem like a distant memory. The days of the never ending three hour cycle of newborn life have already given way to ventures into solid food, fairly regular sleep patterns, and crawling around. We have been lucky because he is not a fussy baby and is usually content and happy. That is better than most people I know.

 

Margaret is also doing well. She has clearly entered a new phase in life that can best be described by the phrase “Girl Power”. That seemingly mystical power has taken hold of Margaret and she talks about it all the time. I think her primary inspiration is watching Kim Possible on the Disney channel.  It has motivated her to take Tai Quan Do classes at the local recreation center, which she loves. She has also been active in her Brownie troop, with the highlights being an overnight trip to the Fort Worth Zoo and walking in the Grapevine Butterfly Flutterby and Christmas parades. Between those activities and school, she is a busy 7-year old.

 

Cal, the middle of the three children, is a rambunctious 4-year old. He is very active and, so far, has a heightened sense of free will. He is the negotiator in the family, and I must say, he’s pretty persuasive. When he is not roaming around, Laura corrals him into preschool 2 days a week, which he loves. He also spends time at a local Kindermusick class. Through Kindermusick, h has shown an affinity and interest in music. He clearly gets this from Laura’s side of the family. He enjoys spending time with his friends. His favorite play activity is to mess up his room and pretend to rescue people and fight fires. He also likes to sweep the walkway in front of the house and the garage. When he’s 5, I will start him mowing.

 

Now on to Laura, whose big event this year was, of course, having Charlie. She has rebounded well. Since her sleep patterns returned to a relative sense of normalcy, Laura is still busy with some of her church activities like the local Mother’s with Young Children group. For the MYC group, she organized this year’s vacation bible school program that had been dormant for several years. It was a lot of work, but she enjoyed it immensely. Other than that, she spends most of her time carting around Margaret, Cal, and Charlie.

 

Lastly, Cyle is doing fine. He recently started a new job at a company called Zyvex. They are a nanotechnology company. For those who do not know, nanotechnology companies build very small things. He is their lead software architect working on their next generation of automation products. So far it has gone well. Other than that, he has filled his time with home projects: everything from painting, organizing, building a patio, and landscaping.

 

In closing, Laura, Margaret, Cal, Charlie and I want to wish you all a safe and peaceful holiday season. I would also like to personally thank all of you still reading my “stream of consciousness” Christmas letter. Not bad for 15 minutes of work!

 

Merry Christmas!                      

Laura, Cyle, Margaret, Cal, and Charlie Nelson

 

PS. And for those of you who remember last year’s Christmas letter, Goldie the goldfish is still doing fine. 2003 has been kind to her. Early in the year, she was joined by Daisy, another goldfish. They swim around and spend quality time together. The have both grown a bit bigger and slower that they were last year, but hey, aren’t we all.