may 19th - mommy goes to chica-do

Mommy has to head out of town for a couple days and Alex's inquisition on where it is she is intending on going has begun.  "Mommy are you going to Texas?  Washington DC?  Mexico?"  He is now a big helper who is no longer piss-your-pants-frightened of the vacuum cleaner.  He also had to sleep in Mommy's spot in bed while she was gone.