Wednesday

It is early Wednesday morning . I've been up since 4:30am and having my coffee . It's quiet. The children are all still in bed sleeping.
It would appear that it will be a lovely day today again. We have been blessed with fabulous weather. .. it is chilly at night- in the high 40s.
It has been educational here.. I have learned about the habits of bats- and have seen them up close- too close. There are bats in the crawl spaces upstairs, and Batman has been here once this week to cleanse the house of them. All the spaces are now caulked except for 2 on the house. There are fishnets hanging from the roof. Last night I walked around the side of the house with Cory and watched the bats come out. Not a lot.. I think they are mostly gone. They can get out but not back inside. Interesting. Yesterday morning there was one in the playroom. We found him flying around last evening and he's now outside. Actually, Cory had a broom and dustpan in his hand and the bat hit the dustpan and went sailing backward into a box which Cory then removed from the house. Batman is to return today.

Today is Gayle's birthday.. Happy birthday Gaylie!! - She is 25... er.. 5- she just THINKS she's older... hehehehe Esther was 7 on Monday..
I'll have pictures of our visit to post later.. after we return home. We are planning on leaving here Saturday morning.
Today the girls and Eli get haircuts.. Eli is looking a bit shaggy, but he's so adorable even so. He reminds me of David with shaggy hair.. sweet.
Wendell and I are going to do an 'on your own ' day today. After the kids have their haircuts, Cory is going to take them to Gramma and Poppy Valentine's home for the rest of the afternoon. Wendell and I will take Wendy and the kids to lunch prior to the hair salon.- then we are heading back toward Hallstead and will be doing a little shopping.
I brought the eggs and some candies and quarters, so we will have an egg hunt here either tonite or tomorrow.. I really enjoyed doing that with the Blair kids..
I've been playing Uno and Big Fish, Lil Fish with the kids as well as Armor of God, a game Esther has here. Isaac is really good at Uno. I plan to challenge him to the Uno Championship of the World this week.. best 2 out of 3 games. Hmmmmm.. he's hard to beat.
Wendell and I are going to look for a SkipBo game too- the kids played it at our house before and even Gayle can play a modified version.
All the dust and no rest (or not much) took Cory to the doctor yesterday.. bronchitis. He had moved EVERYTHING from the upstairs to the playroom and there was dust. He looked some better last night.
One of the gifts the girls got for their birthdays was a Water Park. It's a big pool that sprays water from all different angles. It had a basketball and hoop too.. cute. The kids had such a good time splashing around in it..
Oh.. and I'll be coming home with Gayle's secret recipe for Mud. She is such a hoot!!!
It's almost 7:30.. gotta get a move on..