Elizabeth, Jeffrey, and I stayed up late on Friday and Saturday nights, part of the time watching the one and only season of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I loved that show when it came out, then Elizabeth got hooked on it from my Netflix rentals. The kids gave me the dvd set for Father's Day, so Jeffrey started watching it with Elizabeth this week, and he couldn't stop watching it. We talked about the show, then moved on to chatting about their experiences with Destination Imagination. Elizabeth loved her 4 years of participation, Jeffrey detested his one. He's still mad at me for not letting him quit, but the 3 of us enjoyed sharing the stories.
I like how the kids influence each other, especially when it comes to sharing reading interests. Elizabeth and Jeffrey have been tipping each other to good reads for a number of years, and now Andrew has been guided to some good books. The latest is the Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce, four books about a young girl who becomes a knight. Andrew could barely put down the third book, Squire, this week, reading the last 300 pages in two days. He intends to finish the last book this coming week.
Don't think that Andrew and I don't get to chat; we talk all the time because he loves coming on errands or playing games (cribbage and Tripoley are our current favorites). On Friday, we went shopping for guppies for his aquarium. We visited 3 pet stores, finally ending up at Twin Cities Reptiles. This store is a herpetologist's dream with so many kinds of lizards, turtles, and snakes (as well as fish). This is where I had bought my green snake (now renamed Artemis) and where Andrew found a nice pair of guppies. We also just like visiting the store because of their zoo-sized monitor lizards and snakes. There are a few 8' or longer boas and pythons; one massive python is 16 feet long!
