Yesterday was an idyllic summer day. For mid-August, it was really great weather. Not used to such mild August weather in Chicago, for sure. One of the boys' friends had her birthday, so the boys went to her party up on our deck, and I picked them up there. There were nice, summery breezes blowing, and the party hosts had brought bubbles for the kids to play with, so I joined in and the winds were strong enough that you just had to hold the wand and bubbles would blow, so I did that for a few minutes, filling the air with bubbles, which the boys enjoyed, watching the wind take them far.
B1's school still mandates cursive writing, so I've been working with him on that. He's (gradually) getting better. I was telling him about that super-dark planet (has an albedo ranking of 1 or something like that), and just how dark that was. He thought that was cool.
I got a new case for my iPhone. Very exciting. Hah! My older one was starting to crack a bit, so I got a new one.
The Air & Water Show is on this weekend, so the jets and planes are practicing through the city. Looks like it's the Thunderbirds this year, as I saw their F-16s blasting between the skyscrapers yesterday during my lunchtime ramble. Some tourists from Japan were horrified at the noise the jets made -- they gazed skyward in dismay. I felt like saying "Welcome to America, where War is Peace -- All War, All the Time." Honestly, they looked truly put out by it.
