I try to remember how I spent my summers when I was little. My family was big on camping, and I DO recall spending many-a-days lounging in the hammoc with a book in hand.
Well....my oldest is GUNG-HO to read everyday this summer. She already read one book last night while swinging outside on the playset, but she's not "counting it" because she said that summer reading will start on Saturday (today). The first thing out of her mouth this AM when she came bounding down the stairs was..."Today is the first day of summer reading, Mom!" NO LIE! Not even "good morning, Mom".....nope......"Today is the first day of summer reading, Mom!".....that's what was on her mind.
An hour later, she came marching down to the basement (I was sewing away...pics to come later) and asked..."MOM! When are you going to get the chart made for the summer reading so I can start keeping track?"
Followed by...."Mom, how many days before school start? I want to tell Mrs. Behling (her 4th grade teacher next year) that I read as many books as possible for each day." {{5 minutes later, after looking at a calendar}}..."Okay mom, there are 88 days until school starts!"
Then, it hit me...why not keep track of her reading on my blog? So....we've created a spot on my left sidebar to keep track of her reading...
We'll see how long she stays motivated....
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And now, I find myself parked on the chair, watching
Wisconsin State Track, waiting for our two remaining athletes to compete. We have a sophomore girl running in the 400M finals (5th seed), and one junior boy running in the 100M finals (8th seed), and the 400M finals (the favored 1st seed). Yesterday afternoon, our boy broke the State 400M record by .01 seconds in the preliminaries! He has won the state title in the 400M his Freshman AND Sophomore years; he's going for his 3rd State title. GOOD LUCK TOM & JEN!!!
