A lovely week of Indian Summer days.

I was so pleased on Thursday afternoon to witness Auggie (6 years, first grade) reading a library book, Bark, George by Jules Feiffer, all the way through.  He sounded out every word!  How thrilling to watch someone begin to read--and like doing it!  

A week ago, after school on Thursday, I took Anders and Auggie to the Berkeley Public Library, Central branch.  We were hoping to meet Mrs. Susa, who is the mother of Anders' third grade teacher, but she was out that day! 

I sat with Anders as he did his homework--first time doing it in a library--full of distractions.  It was so much fun just to spend some time there.  Since their after-school program of Junior Detectives was not happening that day, we checked out books with a detective theme.  The librarian searched them out for us.  What a lovely service!

Today is the Harding School Carnival, which my son, Gunther Rohrer, has been actively involved in.  I'll go down with Eliza and the boys at noon, and see the stilt-walker, uni-cyclist, magician, games, and other stuff! It's going to be hot!