August

August came and went pretty quickly. We had a few last scheduled play times.

 

The sky did some amazing things.

Rebekah started soccer again. She's improved so much since she first started. 

The buildings she asks me to build her on Minecraft get bigger and more extensive. This was my latest build for her. 

Not bad for a 46 year old, eh? 

Rebekah found out that all the computer time is making her somewhat nearsighted. So, we got some glasses for her to see the board when / if she sits in the back of the classroom. 

My garden. It's been a tough year. Turns out the cherry tomatoes I planted are good, but not wonderful. And the slicing tomatoes are small and split before I can pick them. The little red peppers have a touch skin. The big red peppers never got red, but they turned out pretty good. The squash bugs ate my zucchini, and eventually got my cucumbers. The fall peas I planted were quickly devoured by a bunny, who also ate my spinach plants before they could come up. The colored carrots Rebekah requested aren't as tasty as she hoped. But the eggplant is going well. So there's that. Although nobody wants eggplant but me...  

When I vented my anger concerning the bunny the lady in charge of the library plots told me she had just picked the tomato plot and I could go and take anything I could carry. Good thing I had pockets. 

Only a few got broken in the transfer. And I had them eaten in a few hours. 

Rebekah decided to give swim one more chance. She was invited to swim for the Colts team. They almost put her in with the Mustangs but she was a better age for the Colts. 

We're continually searching for friends to play with. One day we invited a girl from school to come home with us. They had a fun time. 

I keep asking Rebekah to do other things besides the iPad. She said she would draw if I drew with her. She asked me to draw fruit. 

I added a bee for the Bee. 

And then she asked for birds. I call the top right one bird in a wind-tunnel. 

Next time I need a knife set, I'm totally getting this one:

Rebekah asked me if she could have a YouTube channel. I said no.... Poor girl. 

But this same girl gave this talk in primary. I went through the Come Follow Me program during the week, then on Saturday I gave her the manual and asked her what she wanted to talk about and what she wanted to say. Then I typed what she said. So, really this is all her.