the 'Hunter Storm'

Talked to Randy for a bit this morning and his question was, "How are you doing with the "Hunter Storm"? I thought, well that pretty much sums it up! As our first week comes to a close, that very well describes how much she has 'churned up' our existence.

She was up and out first thing this morning, still searching for the items she was missing on her scavenger hunt. She spent the fifty cents she won yesterday to buy a newspaper to satisfy the "newspaper with a Shreck 3 ad". She came within about 3 or 4 items of getting them all, and won 2 glow sticks for her efforts. She plans to wear them tonight at the outdoor movie.

We did the rest of our walk-about and she talked Grandpa out of $3 to buy a kite, since it was windy and too cold to go swimming - even for Hunter. I offered to take her over to the pool today, and she looked at me like I was crazy! So, when we finished our walk, Grandpa went to help her assemble the kite, only to discover that she had thrown away the directions. I remembered her putting something in the trash and which can she had dropped them in, so I sent her back to get them (thankfully the can had a fresh liner in it, so she didn't have to dig through garbage!). It took her two tries to find the right can, and, of course, Grandpa had to give her 'the lecture' about listening to him when he told her not to open it till we got to the trailer. :>) (Sound familiar, boys?)
Kite assembled and Grandpa goes out to teach her how to get it in the air. It really was a perfect day for it. So he calls me out to take pictures, and then he goes back inside. I spent the next 45 minutes or so watching, before Hunter decided she could do it without an audience. She had a wide open grassy area to run and she really got it flying.

I think she asked us a 'thousand times' "What time is it?" She was so afraid she would miss out on something. The Fun Train started the fun at 3:00. She wasn't pleased that it only lasted 20 minutes this time, when she rode for 45 minutes last night. Then at 4:00, it was the KOA Fun Competition, which was water ballon games, sack races and a bubble gum blowing competiton. I had run into town to pick up a prescription and she was 'starving' when I got home. So we microwaved some steak fingers (which she inhaled) and then counted the minutes until 7:00 when she rushed out to the "Top Your Own Sundae" social.

She made a friend there, and the next thing I know she calls on the walkie-talkie and tells me to bring one of Grandpa's old shirts & $5 for the tie dye project.
By the time I got there, the only sizes they had left was a child's XS or Adult M. She didn't want a sleep shirt, so I suggested she make a shirt for little bubba, Hayden. She really got into it and it turned out really good.

Now she's off to the movies - Napoleon Dynomite. It's on a huge inflatable outdoor screen. We've wrapped her up and sprayed her down with mosquito repellent. I walked her over and got her settled. She was sharing a blanket with her new friends when I left her.