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Jun. 28th, 2012 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckTuesday evening, Scott, Delia and I went to Blue Nile to celebrate Scott's and my nineteenth anniversary. Delia was the one who suggested Blue Nile. She's been wanting to go back since we went there for Mother's Day. Scott and I were not averse. We all ate too much, and all three of us had iced tea (Blue Nile has a cinnamon tea that tastes a bit like Big Red gum). Delia hardly touched her tea, but we were pleased that she tried it.
Yesterday, Delia had a field trip at camp. They went to a nearby park that has a creek running through it. They looked for crawdads and fish and tested the water in a couple of different ways. Delia mentioned the pH and nitrates.
In the evening, Scott's Babylon 5 game met. We were one player down. We resolved a couple of plot points. I had to take time in the middle of the game to go outside to retrieve Delia because I'd pointed out to her that she's allowed to cross our street this year. There are kids who live across the street, and she was playing with them. She came right away when I showed up, but she was sorry to leave. Today, she's made a couple of trips out, looking for other kids, but it's so hot that nobody's outside.
Being allowed to cross the street is a big step. We haven't allowed it before because sometimes cars come far too fast off of the cross streets. She's nine now, though, and it's past time. I'll worry about her doing it, but it's something she needs to do, a step toward independence. I want her to do this. There's a girl a year older than she is who lives across the street and around the corner. That girl doesn't come our way. The neighborhood kids go to her place and play with her and her older sister.
Yesterday, Delia had a field trip at camp. They went to a nearby park that has a creek running through it. They looked for crawdads and fish and tested the water in a couple of different ways. Delia mentioned the pH and nitrates.
In the evening, Scott's Babylon 5 game met. We were one player down. We resolved a couple of plot points. I had to take time in the middle of the game to go outside to retrieve Delia because I'd pointed out to her that she's allowed to cross our street this year. There are kids who live across the street, and she was playing with them. She came right away when I showed up, but she was sorry to leave. Today, she's made a couple of trips out, looking for other kids, but it's so hot that nobody's outside.
Being allowed to cross the street is a big step. We haven't allowed it before because sometimes cars come far too fast off of the cross streets. She's nine now, though, and it's past time. I'll worry about her doing it, but it's something she needs to do, a step toward independence. I want her to do this. There's a girl a year older than she is who lives across the street and around the corner. That girl doesn't come our way. The neighborhood kids go to her place and play with her and her older sister.
