Colm has recently discovered all of the board games, card games and puzzles in our house. That’s a lot, folks. He has put together every puzzle we have, some of them multiple times. We have played Chinese checkers, multiple versions of Go Fish, Hullabaloo, Whack a Mole, Cariboo, Balloon Lagoon, I Spy Bingo, Trouble, Great States, Jr. and on and on and on. I am just talking about this week, too. I don’t know what clicked in his little head, but he really enjoys board games and puzzles all of the sudden. There are a few that we haven’t gotten to yet, but that’s only because he can’t reach them. Maybe we’ll play those tomorrow.
Archive for July 30th 2008
Liam has now joined the ranks of the 100 Club. What does that mean? His violin teacher challenges the kids to practice one song a hundred times over the course of a year. They pick the song they want to practice. I can’t remember when we started this little challenge, but he finished tonight. (He was supposed to get it done two months ago.) He will now get his picture, along with the chart he filled out to keep track of his progress, hung on the wall in his teacher’s basement/studio. He was very proud of himself.
I don’t often read books by men about men, so this was kind of a different read for me. The topic, too, was a little different. It is a fiction book with short stories about men and the dating scene in New York. It was kind of interesting to read something from a man’s point of view.
This is a cute story about a little girl who is picked to be the star of the show. Her parents are thrilled and pamper their star with a new dress and a new haircut as well as buying a new camcorder to capture her in action. They go to the play and get quite a surprise, but they are still very proud of their little star.