The Next Generation of Favorites

Nathan and Cousin Emma got together this morning to create a lovely piece of pottery decorated with their handprints. They're going to give it to Great Grandma Gerken for Christmas. They are doing all they can to secure their spots as favorites in Great Grandma Gerken's book. It looks like they are even moving in on the previous generation of favorites. Watch out! You know who you are!

I'll have to keep Great Grandma Gerken away from the internet until after Christmas so that her surprise isn't spoiled.



Opa might appreciate this story. As we were driving to the pottery place this morning, I told Nathan that we were going to go see Emma. He must have heard wrong and thought I said Oma and then just figured Opa would be there, too. He blabbed about Opa the whole way there. I corrected him and told him we were going to see Cousin Emma, but he had his mind set on seeing Opa. Once he saw Emma he forgot about Opa (for the time being) and concentrated on the pottery project. After we finished up at the pottery place, I put him back in the car and he started talking about Opa again. Finally, he realized we were close to home so he started talking about "Base" and "Hunt" (Mace and Hank). Good thing, or else Opa was going to have to jump on the next flight to Atlanta.