Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Well. After some emotional struggles and the hecticness (yeah, not a word, I know) of making sure three kids were ready to leave for camp for a few days, yesterday was INCREDIBLY quiet. My youngest and I met my hubby for lunch yesterday and then had a read-a-thon when we got home…except that mine involved quite the nap in the middle of it. After she went to bed he and I watched the first half of “Hamilton” before heading off ourselves, which was impressive (even if the lyrics were sometimes hard to understand, although that’s a common difficulty in musicals); we lost power for a while before getting to sleep, but we did sleep pretty well.

This morning Britt and I met with our respective youngests for breakfast at Waffle Love, after which she helped me go through emails while I did dishes and sorted through papers; when they left, the young one and I played Skyjo, read for a bit more, and are heading off to Panda shortly. One nice thing is that I actually finished the 6th ‘Dragonbreath’ book, Revenge of the Horned Bunnies, and it was both lighter than the last one and beautifully hilarious. Danny, Wendell, and Christiana are joined by Danny’s annoying younger cousin Spencer at summer camp, where they discover nefarious doings and a horde of jackalopes. By the end, wrongs have been righted, lanyards made (although, sadly, not the Chinese Throwing Lanyard of Death), and Spencer has gotten considerably less annoying. If you haven’t read anything by Ursula Vernon yet, well–what are you waiting for?

In other news, kids get home tomorrow (camps were short) and my youngest has a piano recital. It’s always a party in Taylorsville!