Best E-mails of the Week   12/29/02

Christmas in an Elementary School

( Sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland)
> >>>
> >>>  Children scream, they're not listnen'
> >>>  When they go, we don't miss em',
> >>>  In all of this pain, we try to stay sane,
> >>>  Workin' in an elementary school.
> >>>
> >>>  Christmas comes they're excited,
> >>>  Though our nerves they've ignited,
> >>>  They're off of the walls; they run in the halls,
> >>>  Workin' in an elementary school.
> >>>
> >>>  In the lunchroom we can hear them yellin'
> >>>  And we know that they are really wound.
> >>>  Someone hits, the other says, "I'm tellin'!"
> >>>  And that is when our heads begin to pound.
> >>>
> >>>  Pretty soon we'll be restin'
> >>>  Cause our nerves, they've been testin'
> >>>  We're happy it's clear,
> >>>  It just comes once a year
> >>>  Christmas in an Elementary School!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

When Liz and Dan flew here for the holidays, we tracked their flight through the ice storm with

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Here are pictures from our trip to NYC

On the ferry, Mary dressed warmly in her Eskimo outfit as she sat near Liz and behind Nick.

Nick, Liz, Dan and Ryan at the base of the Statue of Liberty. 

Attendance in 2002 was half of 2001 because you are not allowed inside anymore.

Jerry researches family history through Ellis Island with Dan, Ryan and Greg.

This is what Ground Zero looks like now. The North Tower was just above the white SUV.

The South Tower was to the right at the ramp.

This is the flight deck of the Intrepid aircraft carrier on West 45th Street, with Jerry, Dan and Ryan.

Cousins Nick, Ryan and Raf in front of a Huey helicopter.

The A-12 Blackbird built by Lockheed was the fastest airplane in the world with only 60 built.

The Intrepid also has the original Iwo Jima statue on display.

Happy New Year!

Pete