downtime

I'm loving the downtime especially now that the uncertainty of the storm has passed. Our thoughts are with everyone still struggling with storm cleanup and power outages. Aiden may not have school again tomorrow because his campus is still without power. We are lucky and despite trees down blocking roads we never lost power. I think he's ready to go back tomorrow, but if the power isn't back, we'll just save up our energy for some fun trick or treating ;)... Fingers crossed the rain stays away. The boys were pretty gungho for pumpkin carving, seed gobbling, birthday treat baking for school celebrations, brothers working together vacuuming, and my favorite - the Burrito Brothers running around rolled up in a blanket - An old game we used to play with Aiden which is even more fun with brothers bouncing off each other. We found some old tents we hadn't used in a while. Engineer Aiden continued building forts and added the hippo chair as a toilet. Now we are all set to head back to school since our fort building includes all the necessities like faux indoor plumbing! He also spent a big chunk of the day working on his blank book which is a really great version of Lego Star Wars retold and illustrated by Aiden.