Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Pedley's Ponderings

Shifting gears to summer

School’s been out for two weeks and we’re still adjusting at my household. The kids are fine, but the parents are still hashing it out.

So it goes with competing schedules that have one kid here and the other one there, with two parents who have their own obligations. Oliver has been busy with educational camps hosted by local libraries and ISU Extension & Outreach this week. That’s great for him, because his insatiable appetite for learning necessitates that his brain stays busy. He’s been enjoying them greatly and hasn’t really bugged me about being bored yet.

Cece, on the other hand, has be...