All Aboard!

Hunter was a big help the other day and was playing trains with Graham. He built the track for him and then played with him.

I think he was taken back to when he was Graham's age and loved Thomas the Tank Engine. What great kids I have.

My Boys and Me

It's rare to find me reading to all the boys. Hunter is usually more than happy to head downstairs to be in his room by himself, before Gavin gets in there.

I loved reading to them.

It's nice to catch these moments of good times. Just me reading to the boys.

We were struck with the swine flu on Oct. 23rd and weren't free until Nov. 11th. Thankfully Hunter, Graham, Aaron and I didn't get it, ...yet. We have been free of it for one week and 3 days, but who's counting. Gavin started it all on a Friday, Gretchen the next Friday, followed by Harrison the next Thursday. I was hoping that we wouldn't be doing it for 5 weeks. Hopefully we are all healthy for Thanksgiving.

Humanities

In Hunter's Humanities class they are learning to knit. They are all supposed to complete a square and all of the squares will be made into blankets for an orphanage in Ethiopia in one of our sister cities. It is such a great thing. I was in the class for several days helping to teach the kids to knit. It was so fun to see them get so excited that they were making progress. Hunter has begun working on his next square. Maybe I'll have to teach him how to do hats?

Halloween

Hunter as Harry Potter. He went to the Cole's to go trick-or-treating with Ian, Brandon, Cole, Charlie and her friends.

He was pretty excited about this new freedom. Me, I'm not so sure how excited I am about it. They had a lot of fun. Also, yesterday Hunter went to the Beaver game with Uncle Shannen and Grandpa Jim. What a great day for Hunter!

The rest of us got ready to head out into the neighborhood. Gretchen had been a little weepy all day about whether or not she was going to go trick-or-treating. She still has a bit of a fever and cough. She did get to go for a little while.

Gretchen as Dorothy (I can't believe I didn't get a picture of the shoes.), Harrison as a shark (I made that costume for Hunter years ago.), Gavin as Ron Weasley (I added some sleeves to a Zoro cap we had for both Hunter and Gavin's cloaks.), and Graham as a lion.

The haul.

Gretchen, Gavin and Hunter's buckets were overflowing.