It truly feels like fall today! The temps have stayed in the 60's, and it has been raining all day. Makes me want to snuggle down in my recliner for the day. It has the exact opposite effect on Nam. He goes WILD in the rain! I'm not sure what it is, but rain makes him really hyper...he LOVES it! I don't know if it reminds him of Vietnam or if he just has a natural affinity for it. After picking him up at school this morning, he talked my ear off all the way home. Then we picked up Grandad and went to McDonalds for lunch. He was running and laughing and trying to ninja fight other people in the restaurant. It was hard to corral him! After playing for "30 minutes" when we got home, Dennis was able to get him to settle down for his nap. Whew! I can only imagine what he'll be like if we get snow this winter!!!
Gina has been on vacation the past couple of weeks, so we've had Nam every day. He was out of school yesterday for Columbus Day, but Sheila still had to work, so we had him all day. He's been a lot of fun! He is learning so much. He likes to sound out the first letter of words and is getting really good at it. He loves to recite the months of the year and talk about significant events in each month. He is obsessed with the number 80 right now. Not sure why, but whenever we talk about animals, he says "when I grow up, I'm going to buy 80 of them!" Today it was skunks...after having them de-scented, of course!
We are going to try a sleep-over this Friday. Sheila will just come get him Saturday morning...we hope. He did so well at the lake sleeping with us, that I think he'll do fine all night without her. He really likes thinking of himself as a big kid.
We are really enjoying having Kirk at Highway now. Even though he is still living in Shreveport, he is spending every weekend in Weatherford while he works on getting his house ready to move into. He went by to see Daddy and Bobbie on Saturday and took Bobbie some yellow roses. Then a bunch of us went out to eat lunch together on Sunday, and he bought their lunch. They are sure smitten with him! He is really good with the elderly. He cared for his mother for years before she passed away.
Dennis' birthday is this coming Sunday. The kids and I went in together and got him a fish finder/GPS for his boat. We were talking about his birthday at lunch today, and Nam asked how old he was going to be. Dennis told him "66." Nam said that was VERY old! Ha! (He also said that he would probably live a couple more weeks.)
It is just 2 1/2 more weeks until our meeting! Dennis thinks he'll have the guest room walls ready for painting by this weekend. Then, after painting, we can put down the floor and install the doors. If we can get that far along, we can move the furniture back in and be ready to use it for the meeting. We'll probably save the closet shelves until later...just put up a temporary bar for hanging clothes. We are sure looking forward to having everyone here. James and Renee have offered their place for activities all day Saturday. They've been working hard getting things fixed up to accommodate everyone. It will be nice to have a good place to spend time together!
Well, I hope you are enjoying the changing of the weather! At least, we are all blessed with a roof over our heads and adequate means of staying warm and dry.
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