School Wise and Sunrise

Ari has just officially finished her third day of high school. The first day her algebra teacher went around the room and asked the kids where they saw themselves in 5 years. Ari said that as the teacher went around the class asking this simple question, the same answer came over and over "I don't know". When the teacher got that answer she would then ask..."Well, what are you good at?" or "what do you love?"

They still said the same answer..."I don't know"

When ahe got to Ari and asked the same question, Ari's reply was this,

"I plan to be in college studying to become a verterinarian."

There was only one other girl in the whole class that didn't give the lame "i don't know" answer.

She has volleyball every day after school until 5pm and is still recovering from "Mono". She keeps showing up with the love and support of Ted and I and her entire family. I think the lesson here is that with every hurdle that comes up we just keep validating and acknowledgeing her feelings and we try to make sure that she gets heard when she has something to say. I hope I remember how to do this when Alex is a teenager. And when Indy is a teenager.

I took the little kids to the Sea Center on Santa Barbara Pier today. It was a little hazy but I still managed to get some pictures.

went to Pinkberry after lunch.

Our 6am workout was a "recovery" walk on the boardwalk this morning. Yesterday Shell and i got our butts kicked with the trainer so we could barely walk. So sad!

This is this morning's sunrise.