Basketball started for both boys this month and they are both really enjoying it. I ran my second obstacle race on Saturday with several friends (SO MUCH FUN!) and am already planning for my 2014 races- possibly a few out of state since Idaho doesn't have many yet. Jake started coaching the girls 5th/6th grade bball team before school, helping Mr. Perotto (the PE teacher). Faith continues to fly through all of the "Fairy" books in the library. Thank goodness she can read them on her own because they are really not fun to read aloud and she reads between 3-4 each week. Tanner was "Person of the Week" and got to share his slideshow (which he chose to set to "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney). Jake won the Courage Award for 5th grade. He was nominated by his classmates for the bravery he shows by "not caring what other people think" and "standing up for other people". Brian continues to like working with the North Boise Little League and tolerates his job due to the work/life balance it allows him. My job is busier than normal, and will probably continue to be so as we add more clients exponentially. When I began, 5.5 years ago, we had about 70,000 students in the U.S. This year we just broke the 2 million mark. Crazy. It's fascinating working with a "start up" company and seeing it grow and grow and grow and knowing I have been a part of it from nearly the beginning.
But the biggest news from the last couple weeks is this: We finished the first book of Harry Potter! Now, to some people this may not seem like such a big deal but Harry Potter holds a special place in Brian and I's hearts. The second book in the series came out a few months after we met and we read all 7 of them together and also saw each movie together. In fact, we saw the first movie with Sheila, Wayne, Sam and Shelby at the Vine Theater in Livermore when I was 7 months pregnant with Jake. We always imagined we'd get to share the HP series with our kids but Jake has had such a difficult time with scary books that we were beginning to think it would never happen. But lately he has conquered this fear and both Tanner and Faith seemed ready, so we have been able to expand our read-aloud
choices to include some of our favorites. So, we began Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Is there ANYTHING better than a read aloud that ends each evening with all three of your children begging you to not stop reading?? They couldn't get enough of the story. And I loved every minute or sharing it with them. We finished the book on Saturday afternoon and followed that up by watching the movie that night. They loved to see what each character in the story actually looked like, compared to the visions they had come up with in their minds. We ordered pizza and ate in front of the TV. I tried to find Bertie's Every Flavor Beans but was unsuccessful so had to settle on Reese's pumpkins instead. The kids all slept together in the bonus room that night so that any residual fear would be assuaged by the proximity of their siblings. I honestly was smiling ear to ear watching the movie and was more than a little happy when they all agreed the book was "way better" than the movie. Of course, we started the second book the very next day and now all three kids are anxiously awaiting to see what happens to Doby the house elf.
I can't believe it is already the end of October and the end of the first quarter of school. Halloween is Thursday and before we know it Thanksgiving will be upon us, then Christmas, and then 2014. Better not blink.
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