Boston in the Fall

Can't deny that the Veggietales song "Pirates who can't do anything" went through my head as we drove to "Boston in the Fall" on Sundays. I do thank God that we moved to Connecticut NOT in the dead of dark winter, but in fact, just before some unreasonable beauty of fall foliage. I really am in awe. Oregon is outrageous in the fall and I miss it, but there is something different about the amount of colors all over the hills around here that definitely took me by surprise. I am also super grateful that we live just outside of the city where our drives to our daily locations take us along loads of farms and golf courses and rivers to also enjoy the beauty every day.

We drove to visit a friend of mine in Boston on Sunday, stopping at a Reservoir and at Walden Pond in Connecticut. Today Adelaine had a field trip to a local farm. Both super amazing fall activities and, as now eastcoasters, we embraced them both!

Last note - Praise and a prayer for Lukas:

Praise: He was apparerently a chatterbox at the beginning of school and was obviously NOT on the teacher's goodside. Considering I can't get a word out of the kid, I was shocked to learn that she couldn't shut him up and was super discouraged to hear that he was disrupting class and not liked by his teacher. We have been talking to him a ton about respect and praying with him the last week. On FRIDAY - Lukas is getting an award at his assembly at school for RESPECT (it is the quality of the month and each grade gives an award): His teacher can't believe the different kid he is in 2 weeks. Her care for him is even drastically different and he is so proud of himself (though the award itself will be a surprise). I want to wallap that kid sometimes, but man, when he works hard at something (usually getting OUT of trouble) I am proud!

Prayer: Lukas is struggling with nightmares/scared of his room at night. We have been trying everything from more light to prayer to conversations to him coming up with ideas. He has been communicating great about all he is feeling and mostly he just worries - worries about being scared even before he IS scared. It makes for a lot of middle of the night frustrations and tired mornings.

Lainie Loo is doing well we think - want a little friend for her and are going off of food coloring and some other food addititives to see if some homeopathic remedies can CALM THE GIRL down. She is bouncier than Tigger sometimes and usually gets injured in the process.