October was a super fun month. Hank continues to enjoy school and has made lots of new friends. He had lots of fun playdates with friends and even some splash pad fun, which is kind of funny to say in October. He continues to enjoy Cub Scouts and baseball and is really learning the fundamentals of the game. Tyler is doing well at work – things have been very busy there! Sarah is enjoying teaching and has begun taking Turkish cuisine cooking classes, which we all benefit from.
Hank enjoys playing violin and this month, he moved to a new size, 1/4. Its always so sweet watching Hank and Alexis work together to find the best violin for him and this time, Callen came to the violin shop as well. Hank tried out several violins and he and Alexis settled on one that has a lovely tone and feels good to Hank. He is excited to learn some new songs on his new violin.
We had some great celebrations this month. Hank got to go to a cousins birthday sleepover to celebrate his cousins, Kai and Connor’s birthdays. He had a blast playing with his cousins, James, Paul, Mia, Riley, Connor and Kai. They had fun staying up late, playing games and eating pancakes. We also celebrated Halloween with family. Grandma and Grandpa hosted a fun party with treats, games, prizes and trick-or-treating in thier neighborhood. Hank dressed up as the Cat in the Hat and he had a great time with his cousins, James and Paul and they all got lots of candy, treats and prizes.
The biggest celebration this month was Hank’s 7th birthday! He wanted a Magic Treehouse party and he not only got to play magic treehouse and eat pancakes (his dinner of choice) with his friends, he got to do it all over again with some of his cousins the very next day! Two parties in one weekend! He had a wonderful time and loved getting to see so much family. His cousin, Tori, even called from college to wish him a happy birthday. Since it rained, we weren’t able to have the playscape we got him for his birthday installed so we pretended the top of our stairs was the “Magic Treehouse”. Tyler even made a treehouse out of cardboard and put it up at the top of the stairs. The kids had a blast climbing the stairs and going into (and out of) the “treehouse” to read clues and wish to go there. We had activities for each clue, based on some of Hank’s favorite Magic Treehouse stories. Everyone had a great time! It was a special weekend and Hank loved every second of it. We can’t believe he is already 7!! Here are some photos from our month in no particular order. We love this kid!
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