This morning we decided to make some progress in organizing the kids' rooms. They helped with some sorting and Lizzy organized her things into the new shelf she got from Minna & Grandpa Alan.

NT set up another "basketball hoop" in the basement (after I cleaned out much of the stuff...) so that now he has a "full court". He and John spent quite a bit of time down there playing. NT also watched a bit of pro basketball on TV, but decided to get back down to his own court to practice. John told him he should take a break because he is so basketball-focused that John is worried that he will burn out, but NT would have none of it.

Late afternoon we picked up Grandpa Alan and we all went to Minna's orchestra concert where Lizzy danced in the back and NT learned about a couple of new instruments. Lizzy especially liked watching the (homeschooled) high school girl play her flute solo. Afterward we all went out to dinner.

When I went up to bed I got NT up so he could watch his fish feeding at night. Several of them are nocturnal, so I have found it is much more fun to feed them when they are really active. We sat and watched them for almost 30 minutes. It was a lot of fun!

John took the kids skiing today at Buck Hill. They are both getting better and better!

Late this afternoon the kids watched the classic 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for the first time, wrestled, and ran their 2-floor obstacle course again.

NT and I read through an entire kid-friendly cookbook and wrote down all the recipes that sounded good to him so we can make a menu for next week that he will not complain about, and we organized his room and culled some of his books.

This evening NT and John had a Cub Scout meeting. They made a collage food pyramid and NT is only 6 beads away from his Tiger Cub Badge!

Tonight NT and John are watching PBS's NOVA on evolution...not sure NT will be able to stay awake for the whole thing, but he is fascinated!