These are, of course, the twins. These days Nicholas has wonderful long, blond hair down to his shoulders. Such is the current rage with their age group and all the way up to college. Like mine was when I was his age, it is long, wavy, and extremely blond. Christopher, on the other hand, likes to keep his close-cropped, not much different from Nicholas' in the above picture.
Christopher is the older of the two, having beaten Nichalas into the outside world by all of two minutes. One of my nicknames for him is "Eldest", for obvious reasons, but I don't use it much at all. It is usually reserved for when his behavior warrants reminding of his age, and that really doesn't happen all that much. Christopher is generally subdued, astute, and usually fairly mindful of others. His sense of humor is no less dangerous, and he is quite silly from switching gears to monumentally silly at the drop of a hat. He is a chip off the old block in that respect. He likes apple juice, Doctor Who, Curious George, is very good at small unit tactics in real-time video games, likes drawing and writing, and one of the things he doesn't like to let on is that he is deeply emotional. He also plays basketball and likes riding his new bike.
Nicholas is a rock star, Mr. Personality. He smiles quite a lot, to the point he is already getting smile lines at the tender age of 11. He is a social animal. In sixth grade now, he is already getting quite popular with not only his classmates but the seventh, eighth, and some ninth graders. Every teacher since third grade has made a remark along the lines of "He tries to hide his intelligence, but it never works." Nicholas is an avid writer, reader, and conversationalist. Again, he's a chip off the old block. He likes cran-grape juice, drawing, puzzle video games, ninjas, broccoli, and is known to have an easily bruised ego (like most class clowns and social animals). Like Christopher, he is deeply emotional but tries not to let on. He, too, likes watching Doctor Who, but for him it isn't a moral entertainment imperative like it is for some in the household.
Both enjoy my love of food, particularly Italian and Chinese foods.
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2. About my children (Part One)
Date: 2006-01-09 01:16 pm (UTC)These are, of course, the twins. These days Nicholas has wonderful long, blond hair down to his shoulders. Such is the current rage with their age group and all the way up to college. Like mine was when I was his age, it is long, wavy, and extremely blond. Christopher, on the other hand, likes to keep his close-cropped, not much different from Nicholas' in the above picture.
Christopher is the older of the two, having beaten Nichalas into the outside world by all of two minutes. One of my nicknames for him is "Eldest", for obvious reasons, but I don't use it much at all. It is usually reserved for when his behavior warrants reminding of his age, and that really doesn't happen all that much. Christopher is generally subdued, astute, and usually fairly mindful of others. His sense of humor is no less dangerous, and he is quite silly from switching gears to monumentally silly at the drop of a hat. He is a chip off the old block in that respect. He likes apple juice, Doctor Who, Curious George, is very good at small unit tactics in real-time video games, likes drawing and writing, and one of the things he doesn't like to let on is that he is deeply emotional. He also plays basketball and likes riding his new bike.
Nicholas is a rock star, Mr. Personality. He smiles quite a lot, to the point he is already getting smile lines at the tender age of 11. He is a social animal. In sixth grade now, he is already getting quite popular with not only his classmates but the seventh, eighth, and some ninth graders. Every teacher since third grade has made a remark along the lines of "He tries to hide his intelligence, but it never works." Nicholas is an avid writer, reader, and conversationalist. Again, he's a chip off the old block. He likes cran-grape juice, drawing, puzzle video games, ninjas, broccoli, and is known to have an easily bruised ego (like most class clowns and social animals). Like Christopher, he is deeply emotional but tries not to let on. He, too, likes watching Doctor Who, but for him it isn't a moral entertainment imperative like it is for some in the household.
Both enjoy my love of food, particularly Italian and Chinese foods.