Last week I captured a cute video of Rubix climbing on the slide. It amazes me how much he is growing and maturing. He is still a bit timid, but I love when he does venture away from Mommy. He has had a rough year so far with virus after virus. He is fighting another cold and struggling to sleep with his very congested nose. I hope he gets over it quickly and doesn't come down with another one for awhile.
Last Sunday Axel had his Pinewood Derby. It was questionable whether he was even going to participate. He really didn't want to make a car and have "extra stress." However, he came around and worked really well with Daddy. He was able to do most of the work himself, except the big initial cutting. His car is blue again. He wanted blue and gold, but we were not able to borrow paints, so I purchased just the light blue he wanted. He colored the side cut outs red with permanent marker. The process was significantly smoother this year than last year and they were able to get it done over the course of just 4 nights with only 1 trip to the Scout store.
Axel really did not have any expectations of doing well and stated that he really did not want to go to "Districts". It was a very long day for him and he was really upset that they had to drill out 25+ holes in the bottom of his car to make weight. Everyone had to shave off some of their car to make weight because we think the scale was off as Axel's was 5.01 before the race. Anyways, that was last year. This year Axel's car was about the same weight. He won a few races and came in second in a few races and third in a few races. Here is one of his 9 heats.
We were all pleasantly surprised with how well Axel's car was doing with much less fuss over making it this year. His car is the third one from the left.
It appeared most of the pack did a great job at making their cars faster so the races were much closer this year.
Rubix was very interested in the car races and watched intently for 45 minutes. They took a break for cake which then averted his attention to the basketball hoops. He had so much fun shooting baskets with Daddy. Daddy loves playing with him!
Phoenix and Rubix were able to run Axel's gold car from last year after the races were over. They had a fun time participating as well.
Axel continues to participate in the weekly basketball clinic at Harker on Saturday mornings. There is just one more week left. He had pajama day and another Eagle buddy day, where his two 10th grade buddies spend 2.5 hours with him, yesterday. I am not exactly sure what the activity was this time, but he brought a book from home for his Eagle buddy meeting.
We finally finished Phoenix's application to Harker (which means Keith finished doing are taxes too) and now we have the waiting game. We should know by mid March what school she will be attending in the fall. Phoenix continues to thrive and her reading is coming along quickly. I am so impressed and happy for her. She is in a really big art phase right now. She says she wants to be an art teacher when she grows up. She is constantly drawing and making books. The cool thing now is she puts words to her pictures so she feels more accomplished in her book making/writing!
Daddy is in a VERY stressful time. Linear Technology is officially gone and he works for ADI now, which means lots of changes. Now that the first year is over, complete integration is underway. This means changes to groups, finances (significant drops in pay for all LT employees) and potential layoffs. They are projected to move in November of this year to a fancy high rise building in San Jose and sell LT's buildings in Milpitas, which will be the final goodbyes to LT. My heart is so heavy for all of the men who put their heart in soul into making Linear Tech and growing it over the past 35 years. It was such a reputable company and it is so sad to see everything that Keith has worked for slip away right before his eyes. By the time the transition is fully complete in 3 years nothing will be the same. I would be lost if I were in his shoes and Kaiser got bought out by another company and we had to change everything about the way we practice as clinicians. I pray that God will direct him where he is suppose to be and that Keith will have peace wherever he ends up.
We are looking forward to the Super Bowl tomorrow and the Olympics starting next week. We really need some relaxing time as life has been very busy. Go Patriots! Oh, if the Patriots win again Keith is buying Uggs! Don't ask me why. I am not sure I quite get the connection, but don't be surprised if I post a picture of Keith in his new Uggs! (that is, if the Patriots win) Happy football watching!
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