Ice Skating
I didn’t manage to rush right home after our skating experience last week to update the web site but I think I’ve talked with everyone so I’m sure no one is just sitting on the edge of their seats anxiously waiting for a post. If you have been, my apologies. I would say it went much better then I expected, Alex had a fantastic time (I had a fantastic time too) and you could see between the time we got there and the end that he had started improving. So it looks like the skating lesson that Santa is going to get him for Christmas are going to be a hit.

During out time there he did come out with some great lines though. We had just got on the ice and gone about 30 feet, I was holding his hand to keep him from falling over and he said. “Ok Dad, lets do a hockey stop!”

He did fall down hard at one point and conked his head pretty good and I thought we were going to have to leave since he was so upset but Jen managed to calm him down and stuck a deal with him to get back on the ice. It involved skating to the other side of the rink to sit in the penalty box. Well, that was all he needed to get back out there. The prospect of being able to sit in an actual penalty box was just too much. While they were sitting there I went out on the ice to skate a couple of laps and Alex said to Jen, “When do you think you’ll be ready to go back out there?” As if she was the one holding up the show.

We took some pictures and when I have a couple of minutes to spare I’ll try and get those posted along with the Philadelphia pictures that I haven’t finished yet.

Piece of your Heart
Alex goes to school three times a week, nothing too strenuous, just 9:00 to 2:00. On occasion he stays late for the after care or goes in early depending on Jen’s or my work schedule. Now after care means he ends up having to stay until 3:00 or 3:30, hardly a life sentence. So the other day on the way to school Alex said to Jen, “Please don’t pick me up late from school today.” It was a day he was scheduled to go to the aftercare program so she told him,

“Well, I have a meeting after school today so I’m going to be picking you up after nap time.” He then came back with,

“Christopher’s mommy always picks him up quickly.” Ahhhh, where did that come from? Just rip a piece of your heart out, shove the knife of guilt in a little more and twist it around. How is it at three he knows just what to say to make you feel horrible?

NBC Nightly News
I blogged last month about Jen’s dad who was supposed to on the NBC Nightly News but they never aired the story. Well last night on the Nightly News with John Seigenthaler he finally made it on. At the end of the newscast where they do the human interest story of the day they focused on New Orleans City Park and the recovery efforts. The Park just opened a scaled down version of Celebration In the Oaks so they used that as the angle and showed pre and post Katrina pictures and Bob welcoming people to the park who had come to see the lights.

I taped it but since I still haven’t even put the previous CNN performance up I’m certainty not going to promise anything on this one. NBC has online video of each broadcast so if you hunt around long enough on their site you might be able to find it there.