Steph's Update

So I do not think Josh is a man of many words so I thought I would update everyone on the Erickson family. First off, for those of you who do not know we moved to Bettendorf in Feb. of this year for what I thought to be the job opportunity of a lifetime...well four months later I quit. I hated every single minute of it and I wanted to get back into healthcare. So in July I started a job with ManorCare. They are opening a new 120 bed post surgery rehab center and I am the Admissions and Business Development Director. We open on Monday the 3rd and I am SO excited because I have been working 60 hour weeks in the pre-opening stages. Now this truly is my dream job! To many hours and all I still love it.
Josh got a job in Feb. with an online job search company as an Accountant. He really likes it however I am not quite sure what he does all day. I do know he gets a lot of facebook time.
Carter started Pre-Kindergarten this year. The program is run through the Bettendorf School District and it is an all day program. He absolutely loves it! In the beginning of the school year I got a call from the school nurse saying he was complaining his stomach hurt. I picked him up and he said "yippie now I can play Wii!" I told him sick boys have to lay in bed, eat soup and drink lots of water. So we came home and I put him in bed and he had soup and water. Needless to say he has not tried to play hookie again! I knew when I picked him up he wasn't sick and he just wanted to play his Wii he had gotten a new game that week. He has two best friends at school and every thing is "Mason this...Logan this..." We had our first parent/teacher conferences and Ms. Runde (who by the way is 22 and makes us feel SO old!) says that they don't include other kids so we had to have a very long conversation about including everyone. Which to a 5 year old that conversation went no where. He is becoming such a little charater. He looks exactly like Josh but has my disposition. We bump heads alot.
Tonight was trick or treating. Carter went as Darth Vader. He is kind of shy (which I will say he did not get from me!) so we had to go to each and every door. He got to much candy and I am sure he will try and eat it all in record time. But I guess that is what kids do. Well that is all for now. More to come later.