Summer Break Day #28

• Yali and Patience put large blue plastic bowl in the honeysuckle bush for baby owl’s nest, and play baby owl family through the lunch hour
• Patience is invited to her cousin’s house down the road in the afternoon for another playdate including the making and baking of chocolate chip cookies
• After cleaning the house, begin knitting “sunset” afghan
• Three of the movie night kids join for smoked ribs, fries, and “Saving Mr. Banks” in the basement

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Upon learning that his dad’s birthday was the following day, Yali went into mock panic mode…

“What do we do what do we do what do we do… Patience, say, ‘Calm down. We can make a birthday present for Dad.’”

“Calm down. We can make a birthday present for Dad.”

“How do we do that?”