A Visit to See Julian “A Little Trip to See a Little Boy”

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No, we are not off to see Julian, California (population 1,502 as of the 2010 census and down from 1,621 in the 2000 census) located in San Diego County but rather to see the newest Reiss.  That would be Julian Stephen Reiss.  Julian was born August 6, 2017 and here is a picture of him with the other Reiss boys.

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From Left to Right: Owen, Robert, David, Julian and Charlie.

Owen has had a lot of experience being a big brother but this is something new for Charlie.  He has had some interesting observations about the new boy. Most interesting is that ” he is very cute and smells like pizza”.   David and Robyn are doing great and the baby seems to be a real jewel.  Of course I started reviewing all the crucial information with the baby, that is, USC is good, UCLA and Notre Dame are bad, etc.

In addition to visiting we were given an assignment this weekend.  Charlie told us that he was given permission to have a goldfish.  Just talking to him about the fish made me excited too.  Words cannot describe the look on that little boy’s face when we started to talk about getting him a goldfish.  I was feeling pretty good because grandpa was going to be a hero for a couple of bucks.

Upon arriving at the pet store it became very clear that grandpa had not been to a pet store to get a goldfish for a LONG time.  I was right it would only take us a minute or two to pick out a fish for each of the boys (Owen and Charlie only, Julian will have to wait) but instead of getting a cute little goldfish and little bowl our “Aquarian Consultant” helped us understand what was required.  Just a few minutes later we left with a tank (equipped with a water filter and light), stone ground cover, decorations, water purifier and one other thing.  Oh, yeah the fish.  Owen was a great helper while we assembled the tank.  The instructions said to not put the fish in until the tank water had normalized and was ready to receive the little critters. Somehow I think even if the big tank isn’t completely ready it has to be better than the mini-cesspools that are their current homes (see below).

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This was Charlie’s choice and he has named him/her Goldie
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This is Owen’s fish “Prayer”.  I think it might take a prayer for this guy to last until tomorrow.
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Goldie and Prayer’s new home.  

We had to get a tank with a divider  because apparently they will fight if put in together. They won’t get along as well as Owen and Charlie who never fight (Ha!).

 

14 thoughts on “A Visit to See Julian “A Little Trip to See a Little Boy””

  4. Congratulations to the family and especially to you and Patrice! There is nothing better than being grandparents. I loved your cute story about your new grandfishes. The family keeps getting bigger.

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  6. Congrats on a healthy new Grandson and your awesome experience with the first two! Perhaps you should have used a Leo or Pisces Consultant instead of an Aquarian. Just saying 🙂

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  7. Robert, Congratulations! I love the smell likes pizza comment! Very funny!

    On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:21 AM, Robert Reiss Travel Blog and Other Ramblings wrote:

    > reissmd posted: “No, we are not off to see Julian, California (population > 1,502 as of the 2010 census and down from 1,621 in the 2000 census) located > in San Diego County but rather to see the newest Reiss. That would be > Julian Stephen Reiss. Julian was born August 6, 20” >

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  9. Goldfish…triggered a memory…as a youngster outside of Boston, the Hub of the Universe and home of the Sox, Pats, Celtics and Brooins, I had goldfish……they were in what you called a cesspool and to deal with the odor I decided to put the bowl on the window ledge…..sadly, the temps dipped below freezing overnite and the fish didn’t make it….it was traumatic….

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  10. Thanks for all your help grandpa Robert and grandma Patrice!

    On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:22 AM Robert Reiss Travel Blog and Other Ramblings wrote:

    > reissmd posted: “No, we are not off to see Julian, California (population > 1,502 as of the 2010 census and down from 1,621 in the 2000 census) located > in San Diego County but rather to see the newest Reiss. That would be > Julian Stephen Reiss. Julian was born August 6, 20” >

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  12. Congratulations on becoming grandparents to Julian! Love this picture and the story about picking out goldfish!! I had a goldfish named Goldie who lived 2 years and did jumps for food! My brother had a goldfish for 25 years and was huge!😄 Anyway,, your grandchildren are lucky to have you and Patrice for grandparents!!! Thank you for sharing – your writing makes me smile!!!

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