Dentist

The girls were overdue for their dentist visits, but their teeth were fine anyway.

 

Science Museum

Sparkle got to dissect a rat.

We saw two special exhibits.

Wander and his parents joined us.

 

New Oven

Our oven went out about a month ago. Wander tried to fix it, but was unable to get the parts he needed. So we had to buy a new oven. It arrived today, in time for Thanksgiving.

Glitter and Sparkle were fascinated by the gaping hole left by the old oven.

The guy who installed it was the same guy who installed our dishwasher. Sparkle recognized him, even though it's been two years and she saw him for only a few minutes. Does that girl have an amazing memory or what?

Brand new oven!

 

Halloween 2012

The girls were fairies again.

 

Love of Learning, or Pure Laziness?

Sparkle will be attending Pioneer Camp later this month. When I signed her up we received a list of books about pioneer times. We check out a bunch from the library and I pulled some books that we already own.

I told Sparkle that if she read the books she would have a better understanding of pioneer times and would get more out of the camp. Then I asked her if she wanted me to set up a reward system for reading the books. To my surprise, she said no, she would rather just read them. Then I asked if she would like a checklist of the books so that she could mark off which ones she read. She liked that idea.

I was a bit baffled. Why would she choose to read the books but not get rewards for doing so? Could this be evidence that she is on her way to developing a love of learning that needs no external rewards? No, let's not be delusional. I suspect that she chose to not have a reward system to avoid (1) extra pressure to read more books, and (2) more work involved in tracking and verifying books read.