First, our very exciting news, Hunter's Uncle Matt is home from his deployment to Iraq!!!  We are so happy to know he is home with his family. Thank you to everyone who prayed for him while he was deployed.

We spent the day on Friday at the Children's Museum in Houston. Hunter had a fabulous time in Kidtropolis. It is a town designed for kids. You have to work at a job to get a paycheck. Then you can go to a bank or ATM in Kidtropolis to get money to spend in stores or restaurants. Hunter worked in the news studio. Hunter joined me for food in the Kidtropolis cafe. While we were visiting he said, "I need to get back to the office and work." Off he went to the studio to work on his next newscast.

Hunter in the studio

Photo of the studio where Hunter worked

Hunter got two very exciting pieces of news this week. First, he found out that he got a part singing a solo in the church play. He tried out for the part last week and found out on Wednesday that he got a part. We don't know yet what song he is doing, but will keep you updated. The play is in The middle of April.

Second, we signed Hunter up for kids camp this summer. The camp is done thru church - it is five hours away. Hunter will be rooming with two of his friends - Kolten and Matthew. Terry and I have already booked our RV so we can camp out on the street outside Hunter's dorm.

We had a lot of the fun at the Houston Rodeo yesterday. So much to do and see. Hunter especially enjoyed the Euro Bubbles - you can see a video of him on it below.

Hunter in the middle of the action.

Happy Birthday Colonel!

UK Baseball game in Houston with Dad.

Our neighbor's dog had puppies recently and Hunter was able

to hold them for the first time. The puppies are very cute, but they will have to be cute in another family's home. Still we will enjoy going to the neighbors to visit them while they are around. There are a total of four dogs and they are putting all of them up for adoption.
We have two friends from California who are moving this summer. The Vlahos family is heading to North Carolina. Hunter went to school with Andreas and Sophia (twins) and we carpooled with them when we lived there. We are so excited to have a chance to visit them in NC. Then the Robert's family is moving to the DC area. We are hoping they can drive thru Texas on their way to the East Coast.
We would really like to get some friends in Little Rock, AR so we have a half-way point between here and IN to stop and see friends. Not much in Little Rock though.

Hunter is moving along nicely with school. He has started adding fractions and doing division with remainders. He also has been very into reading comprehension activities. He begs me to copy new reading comprehension activities for him. He does very well with these. For history we are finishing a book on Eli Whitney. We will definitely be working on history into June. His curriculum is literature based, so a lot of reading. In science we are covering animals - not as exciting for Hunter. Next week we are going to the Houston Rodeo which will give us a chance to get close and personal with some mammals. Spelling and grammar are moving forward. Hunter still does not like cursive, but he has such nice handwriting when he applies himself. We haven't done a ton in writing. This is probably a class we will do into summer as well.
The weather here has been gorgeous, so we have been spending A LOT of time outdoors. I mean A LOT!!! It is great for Hunter - he has really been taking advantage of our sunny, mild days.

Hunter asked me to get this video uploaded onto his blog. The weather here has been amazing, so we have spent a lot of time outside. We are moving forward with school; although this week we are doing worksheets from sources outside of our normal curriculum - Hunter enjoys the break and it gives us time to do an intensive review.

Hunter came down with quite a cold this weekend. He had a birthday party on Saturday and was fine - Saturday afternoon he started getting congested. Normally not a huge deal; however, Hunter refuses to breath through his mouth when his nose is plugged. Instead he sniffles non-stop and then will go into periods of almost hyperventilating trying to get oxygen. I've explained to him that God gave us a mouth to breath through knowing that we would have colds and not be able to breath through our nose. He just felt too awful to care. "Mom, I don't need it today."

Last year at school he had a cold and would not breath through his nose. He started screaming that he couldn't breathe. His teacher had to phone the nurse. They could not find a wheelchair to wheel him to the nurses office, so, in a panic, they had to use an office chair on wheels. Of course the nurse was sure Hunter should be rushed to some ER immediately. I picked him up and school and he laughed about the whole thing. He played them like a fiddle.

I can't judge him too harshly for being dramatic. In 3rd grade I told my friends I had brain surgery. Actually, the dentist took x-rays of my teeth - it just seemed like brain surgery to me. To this day I still wonder if it was surgery - it would explain a lot. LOL!! However, what I tell Hunter now is that unless he is honest with exactly how injured/sick he really is, I will take him to the ER immediately. That snaps him out of his drama pretty quickly.

We are on to happier times as Hunter is on the mend. Schools are closing early today due to freezing rain. I'm not sure we will have church tonight.