Gratitude: Currently, the boys enjoy Skyping me when they get home from school to tell me about their day. I know this won’t always be like this, so I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts. The Pits: Rained on
The Clothes Basket Less Jumped Over
Super Ball Tosser
The Peaks: During basketball practice, all the kids were paying attention to the coach and participating, except for the one who was trying to get his ball stuck up on the high window ledge. That’s Weston. I finished reading Superforecasting:
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket
Although I was familiar with the story, this was the first time I’d read this book for myself. I picked it up specifically because a friend said that it was similar to The Century Cube. I love the narrator and
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
I read this book with my 9 and 7 year old boys. It caught their attention from the start and we were all excited to get back to reading it. August is an endearing character and we sympathized with him
Artemis
The Pits: None. The Peaks: I finished reading Artemis by Andy Weir, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The Fault in our Launch
The Pits: I was up late and up early to manage our big website update. Much of the day was dealing with complaints and reports of issues with the launch. As the day went on, things seemed to get better,
Hello From The Carline
The Pits: Rainy, gloomy weather. The Peaks: Off work early to beat traffic. It was nice to finish up the day in the house with the family and then get to have dinner with them. I recently contacted Khalid’s family
Traveling Readers
The Pits: I’ve been busy trying to finish up some items at work so I can relax on our upcoming vacation. It’s gotten me a bit off my normal schedule. The Peaks: Made omelettes for Traci and me for breakfast.
Encorers
The Pits: Didn’t get all the items on my todo list done. The Peaks: Had a nice morning with the boys before dropping them off at Encore Camp. Finished reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. This was an oddly humorous book,
New Bball Camp and Completed Book and Journal
The Pits: I spent too much time researching a new lunchbox. The Peaks: The boys started a new basketball summer camp at Oak Hill. We had a nice morning together. We let the boys stay up a bit to watch