Kid news

Last night I was able to get the lawn mowed after several days’ delay, which was a good feeling. Keegan had his first try at driving the lawnmower and had fun with that. He did a good job of mowing a couple of rows! He discovered a couple of small bird’s eggs which I’m sure came from the mourning dove nest in one of our trees. Unfortunately I think the high winds and stormy weather destroyed the nest completely because there is no sign of it anywhere. I have this a.m. off from work because I am planning to work the reference desk at the library tonight. I had hoped to rent a garden tiller to till our garden but there simply hasn’t been time, plus I only have the minivan and most tillers are too big to fit into the back of it. Looks like more rain is on the way [sigh]. Keegan’s year-end band concert is tonight and Michele and I are not certain how she will be able to go with both kids. I can’t go because I have to work, which I really regret. We both really want to go to see Keegan perform and do not want to disappoint him. He has improved a lot this past year in his ability to play the saxophone. He is also a very good reader now — a huge improvement over a few years ago. He read the third Harry Potter book from cover to cover in just a few days. Tristan was playing outside while Michele and Keegan were weeding some of the front garden beds alongside the driveway, when he hurt himself by trying to ride Keegan’s skateboard. He scraped his upper lip and nose pretty badly after it banged into his face. Brinley is starting to make concerted efforts to “go places” under her own steam. She just started this within the past week and she’s already progressing a lot. I think she’ll be crawling soon, and then nothing will be safe anymore!