"News From Nerdistan"

I can't claim the above title for my own but I thought it was funny and applicable enough to borrow. My husband Brian is nearly finished with grad school. He will be a PhD, hopefully by December. This has not been an easy task for him or for his family. But isn't there a quote about the best things in life not being a piece of cake? This is the eleventh year of college for my hubby and he has been at the same University the entire time. We love this town! Brian grew up here and we will live here at least a couple more years. In a way it feels like I am a PhD as well. Minus the five chapter dissertation, of course. I just have a few blogs.(:
James and Andrew have been busy being James and Andrew. We went to the park this morning and while I was distracted James climbed up to the highest part of the playground equipment and, just as I turned around to see what he was doing so that I saw EVERYTHING, he fell. From about six feet in the air. My little baby! He acted a little disoriented after that and I tried to watch him for signs of a concussion, etc., but he soon recovered and was on his merry way.
Today Andrew was telling a friend of mine who was visiting a story about water rising in the living room. He is using his imagination more and making up things like shooting bad guys, seeing snakes, and racing cars, but this is one of the first times I have heard him make up a several sentence story that made sense. First he said the water was rising in the living room. So we pulled our feet out of the water, of course, as he jumped up on a chair and lowered his "fishing pole" into the "water." Then he said the water was still rising, "you know, like a river. See, that table [pointing] is floating?" Then he fished and caught something and showed it to us. My friend and I were quite impressed. I guess it may not sound like very much, but he is three and my first little honeyhead, so almost anything he does while using his noggin is great by me.