Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

Daniel, my son who suffers the fate of being second born, has many wonderful traits.  He is a fantastic non-fiction reader.  We worked on reading his daily quota of 20 minutes today.  I forgot to load books into the car to read during his sister’s aerial lessons, so we went to library and picked out a book.  He requested the following:

• a non-fiction book
• a book about amphibians
• read the book in a tree

So, I, being the slightly (and only slightly, being the consummate cranky curmudgeon) obliging father granted his wish.  After all, the reading was compulsory; the rest was negotiable.  The librarian at the Fremont library was awesome (as most Seattle librarians are); she found us a book that he liked very quickly.

Daniel reads upside down while I supervise.

Daniel reads upside down while I supervise.

Often, Daniel and I struggle about his obligations around homework.  Here, we reached a compromise.  He read (my and the school’s requirement) and I let him choose the book and the setting.  Thankfully, the beautiful October weather cooperated.