Here in LA it's 90 degrees and my rental PT Cruiser with the top down is like a rolling microwave.  Still, I've missed the sun.  I'm also missing my kids like crazy (although A and I did get a one-day mini-vacation that I will never forget).  Meanwhile Chet has become a TV star.  One of my best friends is directing a NickJr. pilot and they were casting all these professional child actors and as a lark he asked if Ava and Chet wanted to try out.  Ava lit up. Although she's so shy at first, she would love to be a movie star.  Chet already acts like he is one and never fails to put on a show for every stranger we meet.  It turned out, however, that they were only looking for six-year-olds so she didn't get to audition.   It's a show for the Dora set and the "big kids" act out famous stories for them.  Chet tried out, was called back, got the part and last week he shot his little scene.  Of course I'm concerned about turning him into Danny Bonaduce but he did say he loved it. He played the farmer in Jack in the Beanstalk. 

Of course he wants to buy hundreds of dollars worth of Pokemon with his money but I'm making him save it.