[tri-med] Re: Quick Aussie Alex News

WAY TO GO ALEX!
> 
> From: "Karen" <karens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/07/27 Tue PM 04:04:02 CDT
> To: "Tri-Med" <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tri-med] Quick Aussie Alex News
> 
> Next Tuesday night the Master is going to be officially invested as a Cub 
> Scout. :-)
> I don't think many people realise just what a milestone that it is for us - 
> but I know that you guys will. 
> 
> I have to finish getting his uniform and am still debating whether to get 
> long pants that hide his AFO's or just let him be like the other kids and 
> wear shorts with long socks (that will hide them somewhat). All the kids know 
> he has them, so thats not the problem. It hasnt really been a problem to date 
> as its winter here and long pants have been the order of the day. 
> 
> They are also changing the cub uniform, effective July this year. So again 
> more decisions. He can be the first kid in his pack with a new uniform (and 
> stand out) or I can get an old uniform and wait for him to move up to scouts 
> or grow out of the cub uniform. The other kids will probably go up to scouts 
> before they get the new uniforms........ Decisions, decisions, 
> decisions.............
> 
> Anyway one of the dads is a professional photographer / video person so I 
> will see if I can talk him into videoing the ceremony so I can put it up on 
> the web. His wife is in hospital at the moment and has been for two or three 
> months so I'm not sure (he looks pretty worn out). I still only have a an old 
> video 8 and I havent worked out how to get them digitilised yet. Another one 
> of those jobs that I need a round tuit for :-) I am also considering inviting 
> the local newspaper for a little trisomy and scouting publicity but I am not 
> sure if my local area has had enough "Alex" in the paper (we seem to do at 
> least one or two pieces a year).
> 
> Love many, hate few, learn to paddle your own canoe. 
>   -- American Proverb 
> 
> Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
>    _--_|\
>  /Karen \
>  \ _.--._ /
>           v Karen, Mum to Alex (9 years, T-18 Mosaic)
> http://members.optushome.com.au/karens
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