Chapter Six

Nicky

Friday

Hi, D.J.! We're at the Four Corners Monument! We've seen deserts and all other kinds of cool stuff while on our way to FC. We are having fun. We hope you, Steffie, Uncle Danny and the rest are having just as much fun as we are! We're having a blast! Love, Nicky

As dictated by Rebecca Katsopolis (Hey, D.J.!)

"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly", Michelle sang. "I don't know why she swallowed the fly..."

"How does the rest of that song go again?" Denise asked.

Michelle shrugged. "I don't know. Joey's going to be teaching me the rest later. Anyway, I just can't wait until we get to Four Corners."

Four Corners. That was what I'd heard Michelle talking about all the time. Four Corners this or Four Corners that. I wanted to know what it was.

"What's Four Corners?" I asked.

"It's the only place in the whole America where four states touch. Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. You can stand in four of them at the same time at once."

"How?" Alex asked.

"Well, most people just put one hand inside one state, the other hand in another state and the same with the feet. But I want to do it a different way."

"Which way?" Denise asked.

"Maybe I could sit down and try to stretch my hands and feet in each state instead of squatting."

"You could try hopping. That's even more fun," Denise suggested.

"Cool! C'mon, let's go talk to Joey for a second. I want to ask him something."

The girls left.

Alex and I entertained ourselves by looking out the window.

"Look at that funny little green thing with the arms on it!" I exclaimed.

"It has hair on it!" Alex added.

We laughed.

We kept ourselves busy by staring out the window all day. A long time later, Mommy popped her head in.

"Hey, boys! Whatcha doing in here?" she asked.

"Looking out the window. We saw a lot of stuff," I told her.

Mommy scooped us up and kissed us. "Really? Like what?" she asked.

"We saw a green thing with arms in the dirt!" I said.

"With hair!" Alex added.

I could tell Mommy was trying hard not to laugh. "Oh, really? Hmmm..." she said. "Well, we've just about reached Four Corners already. I'm gonna get you changed and we're gonna have fun!"

"YEAAAAAAAH!" Alex and I shrieked.

"That's the spirit! C'mon!"

Mommy helped us get dressed and then we joined the others outside.

Daddy, Aunt Wendy, Denise, Joey, and Michelle waved to us.

"Hey, you guys! Look! I'm in Utah; Denise is in Arizona, Michelle's in New Mexico, and Jesse's in Colorado!" Joey replied, laughing.

Mommy laughed, too. "Glad to see you all are having fun. Look what I can do. Step back," she said, handing us to Daddy.

When everyone had cleared away, Mommy went down in the very middle; put her left hand in Utah, her right in Colorado, her left foot in Arizona and her right foot in New Mexico. Then she carefully bent down backwards.

"How'd you learn that?" Daddy asked, amazed.

Mommy stood up, smiling. "I was a cheerleader back in high school and they had us doing stretches. It's pretty cool."

"I wanna go!" I shouted.

"Me, too!" Alex chimed in.

Michelle grinned. "I told you guys this was gonna be really cool," she said.

"Let the boys try now," Mommy said.

We cheered. Then I watched as Alex put all his hands and feet in each state. Then I did it. Mommy took pictures of us.

Afterwards, it wasn't as much fun anymore, so we left.

Daddy was driving while having Mommy look at a map.

"Hmmm...Texas is our next stop. We can rest for awhile in New Mexico for the night and then continue. Whaddya say? Anyone want to do that?" Daddy asked.

"Yea!" We all replied.

"What's Texas?" Alex asked.

"Really huge state. Teddy used to live there," Michelle told him.

"Oh."

We continued the rest of driving. I went into Mommy's lap and looked out the window again. Without even realizing it, I fell asleep.