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Apr. 13th, 2014 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckWe made it to the library and to Bubble Island before lunch. I returned about a dozen books and CDs and checked out eleven new items. Cordelia looked around for about two minutes before deciding there wasn't anything she wanted to read. She's really reluctant to browse at the library. I don't know why. Maybe it's that she's never seen us doing it. We just place holds on what we want and go from there.
I did try to get Cordelia going on GoodReads in hopes of getting some ideas for things she could read that would come from a source other than me. She won't read anything I recommend. She just won't. Cordelia likes the idea of GoodReads, but she doesn't think to keep up with it, and I don't feel like I should be constantly reminding her or walking her through it.
The line at Bubble Island today was considerably shorter than it was yesterday. There was also plenty of free parking (there's a structure right around the corner that's free on Sundays). I got a turtle tea (half green tea and half milk tea) with strawberry flavoring. Scott got pineapple green tea. Cordelia got a kiwi calpico. We never found either turtle tea or calpico at any of the other bubble tea places.
I do think we'll go to TK Wu again. It's within easy walking distance of the library, so it will make sense to go there if we're there on a Saturday. TK Wu has more flavors. It's about fifty cents cheaper, but the servings are smaller. I doubt we'll go to Mo Mo Tea again. I liked their ginger tea quite a bit, but they were more expensive, and the pearls weren't as well cooked.
Scott's currently running a Science Olympiad practice. He's teaching the fourth graders to use scientific notation on calculators. There's also some sort of equation to calculate the length of a year for various planets. Cordelia has retreated to her room to make more bracelets on her Rainbow Loom (she and two friends plan to sell bracelets and donate the money to charity). She hasn't had lunch yet which I think she's going to regret. There will be about fifteen minutes for her to eat between the end of this session and the time to leave to get her to her practice.
I did try to get Cordelia going on GoodReads in hopes of getting some ideas for things she could read that would come from a source other than me. She won't read anything I recommend. She just won't. Cordelia likes the idea of GoodReads, but she doesn't think to keep up with it, and I don't feel like I should be constantly reminding her or walking her through it.
The line at Bubble Island today was considerably shorter than it was yesterday. There was also plenty of free parking (there's a structure right around the corner that's free on Sundays). I got a turtle tea (half green tea and half milk tea) with strawberry flavoring. Scott got pineapple green tea. Cordelia got a kiwi calpico. We never found either turtle tea or calpico at any of the other bubble tea places.
I do think we'll go to TK Wu again. It's within easy walking distance of the library, so it will make sense to go there if we're there on a Saturday. TK Wu has more flavors. It's about fifty cents cheaper, but the servings are smaller. I doubt we'll go to Mo Mo Tea again. I liked their ginger tea quite a bit, but they were more expensive, and the pearls weren't as well cooked.
Scott's currently running a Science Olympiad practice. He's teaching the fourth graders to use scientific notation on calculators. There's also some sort of equation to calculate the length of a year for various planets. Cordelia has retreated to her room to make more bracelets on her Rainbow Loom (she and two friends plan to sell bracelets and donate the money to charity). She hasn't had lunch yet which I think she's going to regret. There will be about fifteen minutes for her to eat between the end of this session and the time to leave to get her to her practice.
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Date: 2014-04-13 07:37 pm (UTC)Maybe we could get the two to talk to each other about what they like. My daughter really likes books with girls in them. Who can blame her.
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Date: 2014-04-13 07:55 pm (UTC)My daughter likes Rick Riordan's books (all the Greek/Roman books but not the Egyptian ones), the Pseudonymous Bosch books and a lot of fairy tale retellings. She's tried various Margaret Peterson Haddix books, but I'm not sure she's finished any of them (she keeps getting them at school and then only has a week to finish them). Let's see... She liked Judy Blume's Fudge books but hasn't been willing to try any of the others.
Having the girls talk to each other couldn't hurt. My daughter will generally take recommendations from other kids her age.
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Date: 2014-04-13 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-13 07:56 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2014-04-14 04:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-14 04:13 am (UTC)You're welcome! :)
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Date: 2014-04-14 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-14 01:53 pm (UTC)I'll ask her if she's interested in having a friend on GoodReads. I didn't introduce it to her as a social thing. I told her the site would recommend books to her, and she liked that idea.