I had a wonderful 38th birthday. Truly a great time in our lives. I am so glad to be home with Esmé, I love walking to school with the kids. I have great friends, near and far- and I was just keenly aware of all of that on my birthday and then add presents and cards and thoughtful phone calls, emails and texts and it is a great day !
We also have the great excitement of Grammy being here. She arrived on Wednesday and we have been shopping, walking, playing etc ever since. We always seem to send Grammy home very tired!
Grammy was the "mystery reader" for Nell's class at school. That was really fun.
Nell's class seems like a very good group of kids being led by an excellent teacher. Nell is doing great with her reading and writing. It is so fun to see all of that developing. On a side note she has had a couple of random cases of hives on her left arm. It is very strange.
We also celebrated National Walk to school day on the 9th.
As the chair of the Healthy Lifestyle Committee I organized a walk, at the last minute and we had a group of 14 kids plus many parents come out for our "walking School bus".
It was a rainy morning so I was pleased with the turn out I made posters and the kids had a good time. Nell sustained a black eye after bumping into someone, but other than that, we all arrived safely at school
It has been a low key week for after school activities with the rain canceling tennis. Hopefully Zaven will get to play today. He is doing really well. He has a crush on a girl at school, Isabel and word has it that she likes him too, heaven help us!
He is doing very well in his studies and is reading a lot on his own in addition to his class reading so that is really good. He has also agreed to sing in the Christmas concert at Bruton with the main choir, so that will be fun.
Chris is doing well. He seems to be enjoying work and is being faithful in him bike riding. We have been lucky with great weather for the most part, but the indoor trainer is an option for tight timing or bad weather.
My business is still moving forward. We shipped another basket yesterday and met with a rep of some products. We are still building.
Last night we had a little dinner party with the Anderson's, who brought Armen up, Armen and Isabel. It was a nice night. I made chicken curry with all the side boys, including the chutney. Yum! I also have to brag on myself and tell you that I boiled the whole chicken in the morning, in a big scary pot. I have never done it before. First roasting now poaching, will wonders ever cease!
