Hey!

I hope you are having a wonderful summer - I know we are!

We've been busy going to the farm and dinosaur museum, swimming, playing at the beach, filling the sand box with water, building forts out of couch cushions, playing at parks, hanging out with friends, scout camps, soccer games, late nights, sleeping in, and soaking up the sunshine.

I've been reading and listening to:

Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson, and lots of her other books/publications- Birth to 5, 1001 Solutions, podcasts, and so on - and I'm trying to wrap my head around an entirely different way of parenting. LOVE IT!!

Brad Thor - his Scot Harvath series has me trapped - MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!

Thomas Jefferson Education, A New Commonwealth School, and other TJED books - confession: I'm not a big fan of Thomas Jefferson Education (a homeschool philosophy). It kind of rubs me the wrong way, but we have an opportunity for the kids be part of a commonwealth school and if it means I need to read some books I disagree with, I'll do it. Hopefully, I don't bump heads with too many other parents :)

Several failed attempts at finding good modern, romantic comedy literature. It's a scary literary world.

Northanger Alibi by Jenni James- Blah. First, Northanger Abby is my least favorite Jane Austin book. Second, teenager pop culture books bug me. Third, it was just okay. I'm slightly more hopeful Pride & Popularity and Persuaded will be better. Slightly.
Watching:

Monk - it's growing on me

And for my foreign movie fix: Mere Brother Ki Dulhan - Bollywood must be taken in small doses.

August will be super busy around here - too bad summer can't last forever!!