Just some things that Caleb says. He talks all the time and very well. These are just some things he says on a consistant basis.
"I Quincy." After proclaiming that he's Quincy he then assigns the other Little Einsteins characters to the rest of the family. Our identities change, but he's always Quincy.
"What your doin?" (in a very Southern accent)
"Your b kay?" when someone gets hurt
"I fine." when he gets hurt
"I better now." while wiping tears when he's been in timeout for a couple of minutes and is ready to come out.
SO. He says things like "I SO sleepy." "It SO funny." " I SO excited." "It SO dark in here." "It SO yummy."
He loves to assign ownership to things as well. Everything belongs to someone whether it be mine, your, mommy's, daddy's, or lolo's.
"E are you?" When he's looking for someone.
Yesterday he melted my heart when he said, "Mommy, your the princess."
He also has his own made-up language that only he knows. He thinks it hillarious to use it though. I will have to video it sometime.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Choker Whites
With Aaron's promotion into the officer ranks comes new uniforms. He will no longer be able to wear his enlisted uniforms. The Navy will give him $400 to purchase new uniforms. That seems like a good deal...until you look at the price of uniforms. The white shoes alone cost $80. White shoes...when is he ever going to where white shoes except when he's on duty. Even then, he will mostly be wearing the brown shoes that he will wear with his working uniform. Maybe he can start a new trend of wearing white dress shoes. :)
Last week he ordered his Choker Whites uniform. For those of you not familiar with choker whites, think Top Gun or A Few Good Men. The white uniform that buttons all the way up the neck with gold buttons is called the Choker White uniform. Now, most people would say that this uniform is called a choker uniform because it does button up the neck. After ordering Aaron's uniform, we now know that it is called that because you choke over the price. This one uniform was over $400. That does not include the $80 white shoes. Thankfully, he will be able to use his dad's sword rather than purchase one of his own.
It looks like our stimulous package check will be going to new uniforms. Thanks, Mr. Bush. He still has to purchase his khaki uniforms, working blues, dress blues, and working whites. The Choker Whites is the most expensive uniform, but still.
Last week he ordered his Choker Whites uniform. For those of you not familiar with choker whites, think Top Gun or A Few Good Men. The white uniform that buttons all the way up the neck with gold buttons is called the Choker White uniform. Now, most people would say that this uniform is called a choker uniform because it does button up the neck. After ordering Aaron's uniform, we now know that it is called that because you choke over the price. This one uniform was over $400. That does not include the $80 white shoes. Thankfully, he will be able to use his dad's sword rather than purchase one of his own.
It looks like our stimulous package check will be going to new uniforms. Thanks, Mr. Bush. He still has to purchase his khaki uniforms, working blues, dress blues, and working whites. The Choker Whites is the most expensive uniform, but still.
Monday, April 28, 2008
G & T
That's our baby girl. She has been selected for the Gifted and Talented program here in Littleton. We are very proud of her. She had to qualify in three of six categories to be accepted. We were not at all surprised by the categories she was chosen in. Her scores in the 97th percentile for Verbal and Reading were two of her qualifying scores. Her third area was the fact that she reads at least 2 grade levels above her current grade.
Our concern now is getting her into the Gifted and Talented program down in Colorado Springs. Hopefully we can plead well enough.
(I had actually written up a much better post but misplaced the post so it's been replaced with short and sweet. Either way, we are still very proud of her and lover her very much!)
Our concern now is getting her into the Gifted and Talented program down in Colorado Springs. Hopefully we can plead well enough.
(I had actually written up a much better post but misplaced the post so it's been replaced with short and sweet. Either way, we are still very proud of her and lover her very much!)
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Get the Zantac ready!
We have made the decision that Aaron will take the contracting job. He has turned in notice to work and all. He has worked at Aimco for 8 years so it was very bitter sweet for him to turn in notice. He surprised them with the news. Apparently there was a pool at work as to who would leave and when. He wasn't even in the pool at all. They didn't expect this. That to us was a good indication that he probably made the right decision.
So, he starts his new job on May 5. The job is in Colorado Springs which is about 40 miles south of us. He is going to commute for the first month. Then at the end of May when Campbell gets out of school we will all move down there.
We are all excited, and a little nervous, about this change in our lives. Campbell is very excited that she will now get to take her ice skating lessons at the World Ice Arena "where champions skate!" Caleb of course has no idea what we're about to do. As long as the pirate ship and the space ship are with him, he's happy. Mommy and Daddy however will be popping Zantac here soon.
So, he starts his new job on May 5. The job is in Colorado Springs which is about 40 miles south of us. He is going to commute for the first month. Then at the end of May when Campbell gets out of school we will all move down there.
We are all excited, and a little nervous, about this change in our lives. Campbell is very excited that she will now get to take her ice skating lessons at the World Ice Arena "where champions skate!" Caleb of course has no idea what we're about to do. As long as the pirate ship and the space ship are with him, he's happy. Mommy and Daddy however will be popping Zantac here soon.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Decisions, Decisions
A few weeks ago Aaron's work did so layoffs. Even the CIO was laid off. Aaron has been with this company for 8 years now and every year they do these layoffs. He has always been very lucky (knock on wood) to not be hit with a layoff. This time was no different. He is still gainfully employed.
In light of these layoffs though, we decided it was time to put some resumes out there and see what happened. First he was called by a headhunter. She wanted us to pay her $6000+ to fix his resume and train him to interview. We decided we'd be better off to pay a resume writer a couple of hundred dollars to clean up his resume. He was also called by a company that works on government contracts. He went on the first of these interviews yesterday.
The interview went great, apparently. So well infact that within an hour after the interview he was offered the position. We are still thinking about this. This position takes him out of management and back into programming (but for a good bit more money). He's not sure he wants to do that. The biggest issue however is that it is a contract position. It's only slated at 6 months right now. It could be extended and it could become a permanent position. But, right now it is a contract which means we would lose all of our current benefits i.e. health insurance, 401-K, vacation, sick days, pay while on Reserve duty, etc.
He has a couple more phone interviews to do today. There is one in AL and one in VA. He also has a lead on a job back in Greenville, SC. There's also one right here in Denver. So we have choices and decisions to make. The big question is do we stay with what we are comfortable with and hope we don't get a layoff or do we take a leap of faith and move on?
In light of these layoffs though, we decided it was time to put some resumes out there and see what happened. First he was called by a headhunter. She wanted us to pay her $6000+ to fix his resume and train him to interview. We decided we'd be better off to pay a resume writer a couple of hundred dollars to clean up his resume. He was also called by a company that works on government contracts. He went on the first of these interviews yesterday.
The interview went great, apparently. So well infact that within an hour after the interview he was offered the position. We are still thinking about this. This position takes him out of management and back into programming (but for a good bit more money). He's not sure he wants to do that. The biggest issue however is that it is a contract position. It's only slated at 6 months right now. It could be extended and it could become a permanent position. But, right now it is a contract which means we would lose all of our current benefits i.e. health insurance, 401-K, vacation, sick days, pay while on Reserve duty, etc.
He has a couple more phone interviews to do today. There is one in AL and one in VA. He also has a lead on a job back in Greenville, SC. There's also one right here in Denver. So we have choices and decisions to make. The big question is do we stay with what we are comfortable with and hope we don't get a layoff or do we take a leap of faith and move on?
Monday, April 14, 2008
A Sunny Weekend
Aaron had his Navy drill this weekend, so the kids and I decided to enjoy the sun without him. With snowfall on both Thursday and Friday we were really in need of the sunshine. Friday night we cleaned up the house so that we could be out all weekend without the guilt.
Saturday morning started with the Butterfly Pavillion. This was only the second time we've been there. Both time we have had a great time but I have a hard time justifying going more often. First the Pavillion is on the North side of Denver; we live on the South side. That's a long drive. The other reason is the cost. It only costs the kids and I $12 to go in; but we end up being there less than an hour. There is not much to look at outside of the butterflies. Inside the butterfly cage it's hot and humid so we can only spend a few minutes before we are all sweating and ready to leave. Despite these reasons, we went this weekend to look at the butterflies. We had a great time just walking through the exhibit. Caleb was such a big boy! We didn't even take his stroller in. He really enjoyed the freedom.
After the butterflies we headed over to the big mall near the Pavillion. We just found this mall a few weeks ago. Everyone kept telling us how nice it is. It is a nice mall, but not worth going that direction unless you have another reason to be over there. It will be nicer in the winter time when the ice skating rink is open. Campbell is thrilled at the prospect of going shopping and ice skating at the same place.
Sunday morning the kids and I packed a picnic lunch and headed to the zoo. The last time we went to the zoo was during the Christmas lights in December. Sunday was a much warmer visit. It was so nice to be walking outside in the warmth of the spring sunshine. The geese were in rare form perching on lamp posts and rocks. There were also a few sitting on eggs. We will have to return in a few weeks to see the fuzzy little gosslings. We spread our blanket in the grass over by the camels. The kids really enjoyed watching the camels and the peacocks while we ate lunch. We ended up spending a wonderful 3 hours at the zoo. This is on our list of must do's again for sometime soon.
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