What is Up

Here's what is going on in our world lately.

Quinn is gearing up for her first Girl Scout camping trip next weekend. She is loving volleyball and doing really well in third grade. They are learning directions and continents. I don't think I was learning that stuff in third grade.

Lydia is getting ready to start Girl Scouts in a week or so. I am a co-leader to her troop, so we're both going to be learning a lot! She is doing great in Kindergarten and has a new found love of writing letters - all letters, in any order. Then she asks, "what word is that?" Usually, it's something like "xehditeofj" and I say, oh! That says, "I love you!" or something. She's cute, but she gets herself in so much trouble lately at home. I can't keep up with her.

Will is a little under the weather the past couple days, but otherwise his crazy busy. He goes to speech four days a week and preschool twice a week. That all keeps him going.

Hayden is my little bug who just goes with the flow. She gets dragged around town for her brother's speech and her sister, Lydia's, speech as well, not to mention sports and scouts. She has developed a huge fashion opinion and can take 5 minutes to pick out a dress for the day. Talk about driving me nuts!

Next Friday Mom and I are walking in the Light the Night walk to benefit leukemia and all blood cancers. We have joined a team of one of Quinn's classmates this year - who lost a relative in July to leukemia as well. Next year we will probably have our own team, so look for that info next summer!

We're all managing our worlds without Dad in it. Will has a hard time especially understanding where his PeePa is. He had an appointment at Childrens' this week and the past two times we went for this appointment, we saw my Dad at Barnes next door. So....naturally he asked when we got there if we were going to see him. I said, "no" and he asked, "why?" and I tried to explain that PeePa is in Heaven with Jesus. He gets more confused the more I talk. Then he asks, "PeePa sick?" or "I no see Peepa now?". It breaks my heart everytime we have this conversation and there is no good way to have him understand. I am afraid he thinks PeePa just left him and he feels abandoned. He loved my Dad so much. They were going to be buddies growing up for sure. I just knew it. I hope he keeps my Dad with him forever.

Okay, off the Dad subject. I am not going to dwell.....it will be four weeks on Tuesday.