A Lot Going On

The Erickson household has been very busy with the end of school. We finally learned that Christian made it into the gifted school. Kudos for him. He is very happy and looking forward to a whole new school and breed of kids. He is hoping to join the Lego League—right up his alley. Maybe he will do a few other things as he gets more used to the school and the routine. It is going to be hard, but good for him. He is ready for a challenge.

Christian had a campout this weekend with the Scouts. It rained, of course, but Christian and his dad were troopers and stuck it out. Huts got the worst of it, I think, sleeping in a wet sleeping bag, but they made it. Christian said he sort of had a good time, which is pretty awesome for him.

Christian’s friend, Ruben, may be staying at our house some weekends this summer, maybe even this weekend. His mom works long weekend hours sometimes and asked us if we would watch him. Ruben and Christian usually have fun together, so we said yes. Hopefully, two long days won’t be too much for them.

Just Maybe

Christian has been struggling with calories for months now, trying to keep his in check so he doesn’t get fat or have health problems later. He has learned a lot about nutrition this year, more bad than good, and that has altered his eating habits big time. He lost some weight and everyone started to get really concerned, including his teacher. We tried several things to get him back on track, and finally, I think we have found a good solution. We are counting his calories with a goal of 1800 or more each day to help him maintain and gain some weight. So far, it is working, and there has been tremendous changes in Christian’s attitude and his outlook. He says he feels better and he seems happier. It’s nice to have the old Christian back. Hopefully, he can maintain this pattern.

Christian is looking forward to this weekend. The toy store is having a Lego demo and the comic book store is handing out free comic books. Huts and Christian are going to check them out and have some father-son time. Not sure what Tori, Eli and I are going to do, but I am sure we will figure out something.

Waiting Waiting Waiting

We got Christian’s scores for the gifted school. He scored above average on all areas but one. He was happy, we’re happy—now, if they would just tell us where he is going to school this fall. We really don’t want to put him through Mark Bills orientation, and then find out he is going elsewhere, and have to put him through another orientation. Ugh. I really need to know so I buy the right color of shirts for him as well. Mark Bills is navy and white, similar to Charter Oak. Washington has yellow as an option, too, I believe. I don’t know how keen Christian is on yellow, so maybe I should just stick to navy.

Christian turns 10 very soon. He has his eye on some new Lego sets coming out here soon. The Man of Steele, Space something or another, etc. He is creating quite the collection as you all know.