Week in Review

Violet got her big back-to-school wish fulfilled this week, when she rode off with Cora to school.

She's been wanting to ride to school since that day last spring when I was sick and they had to ride together.

They rode together to school, and then Cora left her and moved on to the rest of her ride. Then, at the end of the day, Cora picked up Violet and they got home safely, in one piece and on two wheels. Four wheels.

Cora loves her school library, and checks out interesting reading material for her quiet moments at school. History is her favorite subject.

One day this week, Cora lost her electronics privileges. That afternoon, spent hours working on a new story she'd crafted in her head.

She pulled Violet in to draw some characters.

Clearly, we should ban video games and mindless YouTube watching more often.

Violet's class created their 3-D clay maps of California Friday, and for the first time, I got to help in her fourth grade class.

Later Friday, I took Violet and her friend Victoria to their school's movie night. They watched Secret Life of Pets 2.