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Nick Update

Sometimes Stars coach Ken Hitchcock sounds like a broken record. You can say the same thing about Andrew's younger brother Nick.

With the Stars mired in a three game losing streak Hitchcock continues to harp on puck strength, positioning and turnovers. It probably gets old after a while for the players.

Andrew knows their frustration. Nick, like Hitch, is very unforgiving when it comes to mistakes and he loves to point them out over and over to his older brother.

Nick doesn't bug Andrew about something like puck strength. His focus is on a little yellow tassle that used to be attached to the chain on our living room ceiling fan.

A long time ago, Andrew accidentally pulled the tassle off. Nick saw him do it. Now, anytime Nick looks at that ceiling fan and Andrew is around Nick will say "Andrew broke it."

Sometimes Nick will say it over and over in a matter of minutes and an exasperated Andrew will respond, "Yes Nick. I broke it."

It's gotten to the point where even Mommy is tired of Nick harping on Andrew.

Otherwise, Nick had an excellent week, picking up three goals to go along with seven penalty minutes. Nick got his first goal for using the potty three times in one day at daycare.

He picked up another one for using the potty at home a couple of times. We really feel Nick is turning the corner on this aspect of this game.

His third goal came when he showed signs of mastering another element of his game -- his letters. Nick's already pretty good with his numbers. But now he is starting to get the hang of letters.

The letter he recognizes easily, of course, is N. Anytime Nick sees a word that begins with N he proclaims "That's Nick." If Nick sees the word nacho he'll say "That's Nick." He regognizes that his name begins with N. That is progress.

On the penalty front, Nick picked up one unsportsmanlike conduct minor. He was assessed this after defying Mommy's order that he not open the bathroom door while she was getting dressed. He did it anyway.

He also got a high sticking major after bouncing a plastic frog off Andrew's head.

As for Andrew, there's not much new. He did get a big kick out of reading the Dallas Morning News article about our scrum with Rivals. He also used some of his money to buy yet another video game.

Mary Katherine continues on with her cheerleading duties. Her team, the Hawks, have lost just one game all season. They may be a force in the playoffs.

She has also become fascinated with dead things. She and her friend Carli spent a few hours one day looking around the neighborhood for dead animals and insects. The little adventure really sparked her curiosity.

She sought out Dad and wondered about the whereabouts of our cat John, who died last year. She was disappointed to learn that Animal Control laid him to rest.

Nick's season stats

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