Taxi Driver

Quincy had the day off today for Martin Luther King day because his school had some built in snow days in their schedule but the three younger kids had to go as a make-up day for one of the two snow days that they have had so far this year. Quincy enjoyed his day immensely, sleeping in until long after I was back from my morning walk. He then got a video call on Skype from one of his best friends from France. They had a great time catching up and sharing pictures. Quincy realized how much his French has deteriorated however as he occasionally struggled to find the right words to speak to Rafael. Quincy then spent the rest of the afternoon at local friend's house until it was time for swim team practice.

Max came home from school today, full of all sorts of new knowledge. It was great listening to him during dinner while he told us all about Martin Luther King Jr. and Ruby Bridges. He was just fascinated by all of the history that he learned today.
While I was driving Tabitha home from basketball practice tonight, Max told me that I was a good driver and really should be a taxi driver. I told him that I thought I was a taxi driver, every day between 3 and 7. He said, "Well, yes, you are, you just don't get paid for it. You should be a real taxi driver so you can get paid!" Excellent idea! Today, my driving route was....
3:15 p.m. Pick up the three younger kids from school
3:30 p.m. Drop Calvin off at the Y for swim team
4:00 p.m. Take Quincy to swim team practice
4:15 p.m. Pick up Calvin from the Y
5:00 p.m. Take Tabitha to basketball practice
5:45 p.m. Pick up Quincy from swim team and drop him off at his tutoring job
6:30 p.m. Pick up Tabitha from basketball
6:45 p.m. Pick up Quincy from tutoring
And, this wasn't even one of our truly "busy" nights!!