GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

8/19 - 8/21: This weekend was awesome! We watched Harry Potter part 2 on Friday night and ate pizza. Abby and I made breakfast in bed for everyone on Monday. Abby learned how to make eggs and bacon. Saturday, we played a little Catan met some friends for Rise of the Planet of the Apes and dinner at Chow Baby. We closed the night watching Harry Potter 3 with a promise of no TV or movies on Sunday. We had an active day on Sunday including the trampoline and a bike ride to the forum and dunkin donuts. Abby was a trooper on the ride. Marina and I also spent some time doing our inside out coaching and finished our "reality" session.

Thursday is Sunday

We all got sundaes at Brewster's today. The reward for some "hard work" at home.

Abby led the team in making dinner and Marina and I worked on improving her communication skills. We started by having Marina develop some goals for this year and have a next step to develop the plan to achieve the goals. We are working through the "inside-out" coaching methodology to allow Marina more ownership of her goal and plans. I hope it all goes well!

Coup-fourré

Tonight was a good night! Marina and I went for a bike ride and continued our practicing of riding on the road and also on the trail. We went out to Simpsonwood and worked on going over roots and up hills. We talked about controlling fear and how not panicking on the bike is very important.

Kathleen and Abby made dinner together (salmon, rice and peas). Abby picked, cleaned and chopped fresh basil all by herself and used it to season the rice and the salmon. Over dinner we talked more about fear and used FDR's famous quoter "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" as a way to explain that being scared is OK, the trick is not letting your fear dictate your actions.

We had ice cream for dessert and then played several rounds of Mille Bornes. We switched teams each time and everyone won at least once. We worked on focusing on the game a bunch so that it ran smoothly for everyone.

REWIND: Return from Camp

First, an explanation. REWIND posts are me going back in history and writing about past outings/activities with the girls.

Friday 7/15/2011 - I picked the girls up from summer camp today. We went to Chow Baby on the way home where the girls got to pick out their own dinner ingredients. We got some frozen yogurt, sang camp songs and talked all about the camp experience. Marina mentioned the idea of being "home schooled" for middle school. I wasn't too happy about that :-( We talked about education and how it prepares you for the world and also about how schools with kids help you learn how to relate to others in society.

We all curled up in bed together and watched the princess bride before going to bed. It was a good day!