Well the last few posts have been rather self-indulgent and lacking in "content". So here's a quick re-cap of what's going on in our lives (sorry it's a bit long and short on pictures):
Alec
He spent the summer working for Actors Theatre Kansas City as a sound designer for 2 shows and sound engineer for 2 shows. (I was able to see both shows he designed thanks to a very generous stage manager friend of his who babysat). That kept him busy and away from home pretty much every night until Sept. 21. Things got a little crazy for him when school started at the end of August, but he made it through... He didn't get much of a break, though, because he went straight into tech for a show he was op-ing on the 24th and has been doing that ever since. Luckily they close tomorrow, and he'll have a little bit of time off until the show he's designing for the school kicks into high gear in November.
Things in the sound department have been a little crazy this year, because they only accepted one student into the program (instead of three) but they doubled their show-load because one of the professional companies here in town asked them to take over all their sound designs... So basically, we'll never see Alec again.. He has been having a really good time, and is even taking a composition class - he didn't get a choice - but he's learning a lot and really enjoying it!
Sasha
Has accepted the fact that she's no longer top-dog, and has relegated herself to sitting on my lap while I scrap ... that will fill the attention-needing bill for now...
Max
Is still scared stiff of Ethan - especially when Ethan's making noise and scooting around on the floor - which is pretty much all the time. He has also entered into what I can only hope is a phase of middle-child-rebellion by peeing all over Ethan's things... It used to just be the blankets we set out so he didn't have to play on the hard floor, but now its our laundry bags as well - with no respect to whether the clothes in the bags are clean or dirty... Yeah - we hope he gets over that one soon...
Amber
Has just been scrapping - duh - and that's really about it.. I was invited to sell at a real store, and they just had their grand opening this week - go check it out if you want. I've also been working around 10 hours a week at Sericol.. Alec finishes up with class and comes home so I can leave... We're hoping that I can quit pretty soon here... Maybe my scrapbooking stuff will pick up and cover the piddly (though necessary) amount of money I'm making at my very part-time job... ;)
Ethan
What you've all been waiting for - I know. He's just a-growin' away! He's been wearing 12-month clothes for about a month now (he's only 8 months old). He has two teeth with a third about 30 seconds away from cutting through... His favorite activities these days are razzing with his tongue, chewing on whatever he can get his hands on, rolling over during diaper changes, and bath time. He absolute LOVES bathtime.. One of these days when Alec is home we'll do a little filming so you can see him.. He just jets aroud that tub like nobody's business... He's eating finger foods (crackers and such) pretty well, so we just need to buckle down and start giving him real food.. He "talks" a lot by stringing different sounds together. His favorites are "bud-uh-buh", "ooh-ah," "tsi-uh" and "num-uh-nuh." And he's mobile! He's not quite crawling yet.. and it's not really an army-crawl.. more of a tummy-flex-pull.. But it definitely gets him where he wants to be. His big motivators are the remote, cell phones, and Max... This isn't the best example of his scooting abilities, but it will have to do... enjoy!
Alec
He spent the summer working for Actors Theatre Kansas City as a sound designer for 2 shows and sound engineer for 2 shows. (I was able to see both shows he designed thanks to a very generous stage manager friend of his who babysat). That kept him busy and away from home pretty much every night until Sept. 21. Things got a little crazy for him when school started at the end of August, but he made it through... He didn't get much of a break, though, because he went straight into tech for a show he was op-ing on the 24th and has been doing that ever since. Luckily they close tomorrow, and he'll have a little bit of time off until the show he's designing for the school kicks into high gear in November.
Things in the sound department have been a little crazy this year, because they only accepted one student into the program (instead of three) but they doubled their show-load because one of the professional companies here in town asked them to take over all their sound designs... So basically, we'll never see Alec again.. He has been having a really good time, and is even taking a composition class - he didn't get a choice - but he's learning a lot and really enjoying it!
Sasha
Has accepted the fact that she's no longer top-dog, and has relegated herself to sitting on my lap while I scrap ... that will fill the attention-needing bill for now...
Max
Is still scared stiff of Ethan - especially when Ethan's making noise and scooting around on the floor - which is pretty much all the time. He has also entered into what I can only hope is a phase of middle-child-rebellion by peeing all over Ethan's things... It used to just be the blankets we set out so he didn't have to play on the hard floor, but now its our laundry bags as well - with no respect to whether the clothes in the bags are clean or dirty... Yeah - we hope he gets over that one soon...
Amber
Has just been scrapping - duh - and that's really about it.. I was invited to sell at a real store, and they just had their grand opening this week - go check it out if you want. I've also been working around 10 hours a week at Sericol.. Alec finishes up with class and comes home so I can leave... We're hoping that I can quit pretty soon here... Maybe my scrapbooking stuff will pick up and cover the piddly (though necessary) amount of money I'm making at my very part-time job... ;)
Ethan
What you've all been waiting for - I know. He's just a-growin' away! He's been wearing 12-month clothes for about a month now (he's only 8 months old). He has two teeth with a third about 30 seconds away from cutting through... His favorite activities these days are razzing with his tongue, chewing on whatever he can get his hands on, rolling over during diaper changes, and bath time. He absolute LOVES bathtime.. One of these days when Alec is home we'll do a little filming so you can see him.. He just jets aroud that tub like nobody's business... He's eating finger foods (crackers and such) pretty well, so we just need to buckle down and start giving him real food.. He "talks" a lot by stringing different sounds together. His favorites are "bud-uh-buh", "ooh-ah," "tsi-uh" and "num-uh-nuh." And he's mobile! He's not quite crawling yet.. and it's not really an army-crawl.. more of a tummy-flex-pull.. But it definitely gets him where he wants to be. His big motivators are the remote, cell phones, and Max... This isn't the best example of his scooting abilities, but it will have to do... enjoy!
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