Thankful Four

Finley's class recited a poem for an assembly, "November. No birds, no bees, no grass under feet . . ." but it turned out taht we had it all. See pictures. As sad as it is to see Fall wane it has been a great month. We continue to play wall ball outside while we "chicken sit." Finn and Sarah are pretty evenly matched (especially since he's learned some of her signature wicked hand moves). Hildi is joining in too. She bravely plays games like Uno and is working on spelling out words to avoid another heavy-set woman saying what a nasty little girl she is for pointing and calling her fat. She thinks COT spells fat, so for now we've averted danger. They are both in swim lessons. Hildi took to the water, but not to her teacher at first. Now she's blowing bubbles with her nose like it is natural. Finn is working on the crawl, but prefers to swim underwater, a giant leap from this time last year. We all are happiest when we are busy. Hildi loves to latte's (with various syrups) out of landscape rocks on her hand-me-down tool bench. Finn builds with stuff from the recycle bin and from his Lego collection. Hildi is comfortable bossing the chickens around, likes to run around half naked and always wants to be at the center of attention. Sometimes busts out yoga poses, then breaks into karate and loves it when his sister is worn out because then she likes to hug on him. Sarah used her new lens all this month, and at her first event, Finley's School Auction. So when you see people with masks, that's what's happening. There were many beautiful works of art, including people, to shoot. After a few days on the couch a round of steroids and antibiotics got Steve back on his feet for Thanksgiving as you know he loves to cook. Round One was at the Robinson's where we delivered gluten free muffins for Mamama, learned why Niffer's old baby has such a funny haircut and got an education from Hildi on which dinosaur is which. What a fun-loving group. Round Two was at our place with the Harringtons who enjoyed the place cards Finn made, and the feast Steve made. Finn loves playing chess with his Opa, so got a game in. Cousin Zach likes our house for two things: Nerf guns and whip cream shots so we indulged him in both. Naughty or nice? The letters are drafted and things are looking pretty good for the kids. Scott, Jennifer, Sarah and Kindel may not be so lucky. You'll have to ask for a special link to the full Pelican Brief to see what we mean. This month and every month we are thankful.