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1.  I read the whole Dragonlance Legends trilogy this week.  It was phenomenal!  Hooray for Raistlin and Caramon!

2.  I wrote a lullaby for Soren on Monday about Haumea, his current obsession.  He was thrilled to pieces about the little song and has asked me to sing it every night.  I'm actually really proud of the song and writing it got me excited about composing.

3.  Emily Becker is the one that inspired me to write a song for Soren.  We visited her on Monday morning and she really lifted my spirits.  The boys played with her kids, watched Charlie Brown, and ate lots of dinosaur chicken nuggets.

4.  The end of our Hollow Earth campaign was really fun.  Scott finished up the game on Tuesday night with an epic battle between a giant stone robot (piloted by the party) and a horror from beyond the stars.  The group really enjoyed the game and is excited to start a new game in a couple of weeks.  So I'm going to DM an old-school Dungeons and Dragons game!  I'm so psyched!

5.  Scott has been experimenting with some of the prioritizing ideas he got from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People this week.  He has been very pleased with the results.  I am excited to read the book too.  Now that Raistlin and Caramon's story has been completed, I can start right away!

6.  Soren did a lot of painting this week.  He was experimenting with mixing colors, which was fun to see.

7.  Thursday evening, Carl and I went to the Fitzgeralds' apartment.  I haven't been to visit Meagan in a long time and it was really nice.  Her boys *loved* playing with Carl.  They mostly threw leaves off the balcony.

8.  We also went to visit Claudia today.  She is really good with kids.  She listens so intently to them and they know it.  Soren and Carl love to go there even though she doesn't have kids or toys.  They just like to tell her stories.

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