days 16-19

Day 16....
... the boy and his friend at Cascade Mountain.

Day 17....
... the girl and her friend on the lift at Devil's Head.

Day 18....
... the boy and his Starbucks (Caramel Apple Spice). This is part of our usual routine after his sports class. We can either ride the L home or walk (right at a mile). If he chooses to walk, we grab a Starbucks to keep us warm on the way home :-) This night we walked there AND home... but the drink offer is only good on the way home.

Day 19...
... the girl was home sick from school.... again! The kids spent the afternoon playing board games together. At this point they were playing Smath. It's like Scrabble but you're making math equations instead of words. Things got pretty heated at times, but they did get through the game without tears or physical blows. After this, they switched to Pay Day and there was much less drama. This isn't a great photo... but I love how the wide angle shot tells the story of the day... the game, Clara's box of Kleenex, and Alex reading the Scholastic Books order form. That was our afternoon.