A little of everything...

So, much has happened since my last post. Hunter had a field trip to the zoo and as a result was doing a report on Bobcats before they left. Each child had a different animal to research and present. Lucky for Hunter his father knows a taxidermist and called in a favor to get a mount of a bobcat for him to use during his report. Good thing for good friends. I was there for the report so I took it in and out of the school. It was a huge hit and Hunter was beaming with pride.

His latest issue is his obsession with girls and love notes. Apparently, there are 3 girls in his class who "love" him - - - and he "loves" them back. :) During our group work (while I was there at class) last week, he came out to sit down and made the verbal announcement that he should have sat by so and so because he has a huge crush on her. She just blushed and grinned and everyone at the table giggled. He has since taken the love notes received by these admirers and hung them on his wall.

Gwendalin has been sick a few days (stomach flu) and has been a real gem about it. Very proud that she can puke in a bowl and not get it in her hair. :) Oh the things to be thrilled about when you're 3! She also got a new 3 wheeled scooter to keep up with her older brother and the neighbors on their scooters. We did her hair kinda funky this week - she likes to sit still for a longer time on one day to get it done with lots of pony tails rather than doing it every day. We did that twice this week.


Tyler also had the stomach flu for a longer amount of time than Gwendalin did. He did it in the car a few times (gross) and I thought I had the car seat clean until I realized the smell was not leaving...so I had to take the seat apart to wash the thing and see if I could kill it....happily I was successful. He has also taken on climbing...the kid is a monkey. He loves to help feed the dogs in the evenings and plays in their part of the yard - this is a picture of him getting stuck on part of the fence that's back there - the other picture is of him playing in their kennels in the garage...gross!



I have been able (because of nice weather - hurrah!) to start walking with my kids again. I made it to the post office twice last week (about 3 miles round trip). It doesn't sound like a lot but it's a good hour to go there and back with the stops for drinks and world gazing on the way. Tyler and Gwendalin love it- I love it too because it's refreshing for me....although it wipes me out for the rest of the day. I have also made it a goal to start doing better at my scripture reading, so I have put my scriptures in the bathroom and I am happy to say - I am reading daily at least a chapter or more. Cheezy as it may sound I feel like I have more patience and peace since I have started that....amazing how that happens.