{getting to be a big boy}

Gerard's leg and psyche are healed, and he's back to his usual self. He had swimming lessons last night and we all went to watch (and take pictures of course). I'm really surprised at how well he's doing, and how eagerly he gets into the pool without Mommy or Daddy with him. He has definitely made progress and he's very excited about the prospect of swimming with Grandpa in Florida next week.









Today was Gerard's first field trip of the year. We went to an apple orchard and went on a hay ride, picked apples, did a hay maze, had apple cider and donuts, and picked out pumpkins. It was Morgan's first field trip, too, and we had perfect weather for it -- cool and sunny.








And finally, we've been working on writing numbers -- here's Gerard's calendar for October. Not bad for a first attempt, huh??? Tonight after dinner he actually asked to practice writing his 2's and 3's. Isn't this the boy who, just a few weeks ago, hated to write his name? The boy who'd write GER and then say "I'm tired. I'll write ARD later"????