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Three things I witnessed yesterday during a brief trip to the grocery store

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1. Two dudes high-fiving as they walked past each other in the cereal aisle.

I choose to believe they didn’t know each other but were celebrating their shared love of Rice Chex.

2. A guy juggling pints of ice cream in the ice cream aisle.

His children seemed equal parts aghast and astounded.

3. This conversation between two young hipsters on the spice aisle

She: No, not those! We need those things you put in guacamole.
He: Blank look, slowly reaches for a pepper blend.
She: No! The things you dip in guacamole!
He: You mean … chips?
She: Yes! Chips!

menu plan Monday

Watch as I refrain from making the obvious dinosaur joke on Rockford’s account

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We spent most of last week in Washington DC, riding the Metro and going to the zoo and eating the best tacos and visiting family and looking at rockets and dinosaurs and giant jellyfish. And after that we spent the night in Ohio, where Rockford worked and the kids and I went to the mall. (That was the slightly less exciting part of the week.) And then finally we were home again, and we had nothing at all scheduled for the weekend, and that was just marvelous.

This week will be a good bit less busy than last week was. There will be no tacos, no rockets and no jellyfish, but there will be birthday cake for Rockford and every day with birthday cake is a good day.

Monday: Citrus-roasted salmon

I ate a lot of salmon while we were traveling, and I liked it. The last time I made fish at home — probably 10 years ago — the fishy smell nearly drove me to move. (Until the smell went away, and then I was once again at peace with the world.) Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again this time.

Tuesday: Pizza

Rockford is going to do some golfing with his dad, and then we’re going to have pizza.

Wednesday: Birthday dinner

Rockford’s mom is making it. I believe there will be short ribs and noodle salad.

Thursday: Thai curry chicken

I still haven’t made this. Unbelievable.

Friday: Out

I’m not sure where we’re going yet.
Homeschool

What third grade looks like at our house

Homeschool at ButterscotchSundae.comI’m not entirely intent on finishing curricula on any particular timeframe, so a lot of what Poppy will be doing for the first part of third grade is carried over from second grade. I might be more concerned about it if we were switching to a different curriculum, but we’re sticking with a lot of the same stuff so there won’t really be any interruption in the flow of things when we switch from, say, Volume II of “Story of the World” to Volume III.

I’m adding a couple of things to Poppy’s schedule this year, such as Latin and an official writing program. Her days look pretty busy on paper, but I think it’s going to be a nice year.

Here’s what she’ll be doing:
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