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at last? All the children on such a long trip seems quite an undertaking - two days & a half & two nights - and of course it means losing at least two weeks of school - but since it means so much to Gretchen & Raymond & to the children to be with them, I am glad to go & take my one vacation of the year in being with them all. You know that it all is a present from Gretchen -Edward can only [[strikethrough]] come [[/strikethrough]] leave for a week, but we go on Dec 11 to stay till Jan 4th. The children are well, tho' little Dorothea has been ill in bed for a week with grippe.