Family UpdatesA place to stay in touch between letters, phone calls and visits.Nocturnal- September 26, 2004 Johann has been asking me questions before going to bed lately to stall a little and because he is genuinely afraid of the dark. Last night the dialog went something like this: Johann: &8220;Mommy, wake up! What does &8216;nocturnal&8217; mean&8221; Me: &8220;Sweetie, you know what it means. It&8217;s time to go to sleep.&8221; Johann: &8220;Tell me anyway. I want you to tell me.&8221; Me: &8220;&8216;Nocturnal&8217; is when an animal sleeps during the day and is awake at night.&8221; Johann:...http://heupel.com/family/2004/09/25/nocturnal/ Feeding Time- September 25, 2004 We&8217;ve been having an ant problem due to crumbs of all kinds on the rug. We asked Johann to try to leave fewer crumbs, because the ants were coming into the apartment for them. He didn&8217;t like the noise of the vacuum, but we explained that we had to vacuum more now too to keep the crumbs to a minimum. One morning I came out and found a swarm of ants covering several pieces of Tostitos on the floor. When I asked Johann to please pick up the chips he&8217;s dropped, because it drew a lot..http://heupel.com/family/2004/09/25/feeding-time/ Kalmar Nyckel- September 5, 2004 On a run out to Stonington I had a bit of a surprise as I crossed the bridge &8212; docked at the river side park was a circa 1600 Pinnace, complete with beautiful blue sides. I quickly took care of business in Stonington and returned to take Johann and Tammy down to the ship. I didn&8217;t see anything in the paper about any special events involving ships this weekend so I wasn&8217;t sure it would still be there. We have often enough had unique ships visit Mystic, but many of them tie up at...http://heupel.com/family/2004/09/04/kalmar-nyckel/ |