Another "Quote of the Week"

We have a Christmas medley CD that we have been playing in the van. On the way home from picking up Julie from school, the piece with a part of one of the dances from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite came on. Josh said, "Mom, it's the Ritz Cracker song!" I said, "Good job, Josh," so that he wouldn't feel so bad listening to the big kids laughing at him. (Okay, I was laughing too, but I was trying to hide it, unlike Julie and David.)

"Quote of the Week"

Lollipop, Lollipop, OHHH Lolly, Lollipop . . . Lollipop! Josh will amaze you with his ability to count lollipops. (How does he fit them all into his mouth at the same time?!)

NEWS FLASH

James is crawling!!! Okay, so he has already been crawling for several months, but his former crawl was inchworm-style. He discovered the cross-hand-knee crawl this week. ("I'm a real boy!" said in high-pitched Pinnochio voice.) He crawls much more slowly this way, but he gets to where he is going.

Top Ten List

The Top Ten Exciting Events of 2007

by The Cannons

10. Remember the Alamo! - We visited San Antonio for spring break.

9. Galveston - The kids played at the beach for Thanksgiving.

8. Houston - Our kids could be astronauts on NASA's missions to Mars.

7. We got a new minivan - Jesse will get buff from all that cycling!

6. Julie completed kindergarten (phew) and started first grade.

5. Julie lost four baby teeth and grew two adult teeth. (Here's to braces in the future!)

4. Josh started talking in complete sentences and doing everything David does.

3. We discovered David has Jesse's engineering gene.

2. Deb started a blog.

1. James joined our family and is a constant delight!!!

NEWS FLASH

The Cannon family is now a one-car (and five-bike) family. In a whirlwind of events and split-second decisions (and a lot of prayer), we traded in our Ford minivan and Toyota sedan for a 2004 Nissan Quest (minivan). The kids fell in love with the Quest at first sight. Deb would not have chosen it based on appearance (too fancy), and it had accessories (built-in DVD player) we really don't need, but the price and mileage and warranty were just too good to pass up. Here's to a new adventure in a new car!