The Gray Report

March 25, 2024 This week blurred by and culminated in our HOA egg hunt on Saturday. I honestly can't recall much of what happened this week so here are a few bullets:  Addie advocated for herself in gymnastics and asked to be put back in the group she liked (they had moved her up because she was progressing so well...but they didn't tell her that last week).  Hinckley hosted some night games with neighborhood boys on Friday night and had fun despite only a few of them showing up.  The TV and media time limits we've set up on devices are working!!! Greyson set a trap for the Easter bunny with some carrots from the fridge and some yarn that goes from the living room all the way to his alarm clock in his room. Not sure how the mechanism works, but maybe he'll catch something.  For FHE we all helped Hinckley film his school assignment, a Hunger Games book trailer, starring Addie as Katniss, Hinckley as Pita, and Greyson as costume/prop bearer.  On Wednesday Kassie planned a

March 3, 2024 We've had a few seasons in this single week. On Leap Day it was over 50 degrees and I got in the garden to loosen up the soil and put in some fertilizer to get that prepped for later. Addie spent time outside singing her heart out. She was just prancing around on the trampoline lost in her world. Greyson walked Dick and Kathy’s dog for 50 cents and he, Opi (the dog), and Kas were all very tired after their long walk to the lake. On Saturday a winter storm moved in with blasting winds and ice!  The Purple Dragons Coach and boy Hinckley asked for the diving brick from the lifeguard himself this week when we did our swim sessions. He loves to drop it in the deep and dive down and push up to the top. His swimming is looking pretty good. He has been asking me where the term "o.k." comes from and we watched a cool YouTube video that breaks down the history. It is really interesting! I love the stream of questions he continues to share and hope he'll keep his c