Bye Bye Daddy

Chris leaves tonight to go home to WI to see his mom who is not doing very well these days. I'm glad he's going, since I think her time is limited. Alex and I can fend for ourselves for a week. I started school today, and Amma and Papa are back on duty full time - whoo hoo! I am enjoying picking Alex up at the end of the day and hearing about all the fun things they did together. We are very lucky.

Alex spent almost 2 hours last night playing with his new blender and cooking us beans to eat. He was so into his project he would have skipped dinner if Chris and I hadn't convinced him his blender would be there after we all ate some dinner. He ate about 4 edamame beans and about 3 noodles before telling us he was all done and needed to get back to work cooking his beans. I'm trying not to worry about his caloric intake and its direct relationship with the total number of night time minutes of sleep I get........

Culiex Live

Well, we've "movie-starred" our names from Chris, Julie and Alex into CULIEX. Apparently it is the new, hip thing to do. And we are nothing if not new and hip.

We had a great summer filled with swimming lessons, gym classes, trips to the park, and lots and lots of time in the backyard playing at our water table and in the baby pool. Alex's obsession with all things electronic continues. We're thinking of enrolling him early in ITT Tech if this affinity continues.

We had a great trip to Wisconsin, where Alex went to his first county fair. We spent a lot of time playing with Grandpa Gordy and Grandma Judy, and listening to Aunt Sarah play the violin. Alex also met his cousins Kaleb and Kennedy for the first time. He enjoyed playing in their police car more than he enjoyed playing with them......so much that we bought him one when we got home. He spends a lot of time servicing it in our family room - with both juice and gasoline.

Chris has been busy working - his move to Keller Williams has really been a good one for him. It's a very motivating company filled with lots of opportunities to grow. He is currently the director of agent education, as well as mentor to a few new agents, in addition to being a full-time agent working 7 days a week. He still enjoys spending Fridays with Alex and is now the master of the sippy cup - getting Alex to drink both juice and milk from it no problem... which is something Julie has not been able to accomplish as of yet.

Julie goes back to work tomorrow for her last year as a mentor teacher. After that....??? Maybe go back into the classroom, maybe pursue other opportunities outside SMMUSD, maybe stay home full time......we'll see what opportunities come our way.

More to come from CULIEX......