This week flew by so fast! We had all the normal activities and added in high school bowling league for Chase and a field trip. I also had the first meeting for my new book club. We read "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah. I've read two other books by this author and liked them, so I looked forward to this one. I wasn't disappointed -- this was a good one. It's about a marriage in which the husband and wife have been drifting apart. She is a helicopter pilot and when she is deployed, he is left behind to take care of their daughters. Their lives and perspectives change through the course of the book, following a couple of tragedies. I learned many things I'd never known about military families and how deeply they and their returning loved ones are affected by their experiences. I also cried through the last 3 chapters. Very well-written, moving book.
We also had a virus move through the house this week. Aiden came down with it first on the afternoon of the field trip. At first we though it was heat exhaustion, but then the next child came down with it. And the next. It has traveled through all the children now, so far sparing me and Scott. So for the majority of the week I had at least one of the kids on the couch, wrapped in a blanket. Thankfully it seemed to be quick-moving...a day or two at most.
We were so relieved that Aiden felt well enough to go camping with his Webelos troop this weekend. He had been fever-free since Wednesday night and said he felt fine, so he and Scott left on Friday and returned on Sunday. He had a great time, and Scott survived sleeping on an air mattress in a tent. :)
He got to try some new activities, like archery, b.b. shooting and rappelling.
They also got to see a beautiful sunset and sunrise.
Chase had put an ear of corn in a squirrel feeder in the tree and it didn't take long for one of them to find it.
After church, I took the kids to a park for a little while.
As the week ends, I'm so thankful the sickness has passed and fall has begun.
