Logan came over the evening school let out for the summer, and playing Boggle was his choice for the half hour we had. We must have played about ten games. Guess how many he won. He beat me nine times!!

He remembered our saying that daughter Lise’s brain was sharper at one part of the day, and my mind was best at the other end. He wanted to play me at my best to really hone his skills. Morning was the answer, so he left, saying he planned to walk with me the first full day of vacation. I looked for him, but he had overslept.

I was walking back from the stop sign when Logan appeared on his scooter. We chatted as I walked, then he said he’d go up a hill and come back. I had already gotten out my camera when he suggested I take a video. He knows how I think!! Or maybe he wanted to avoid repeats. He is very spontaneous, so he often does things as I’m fumbling for the camera. He has always been compliant when I ask him to repeat it. It’s good we caught it quickly, because there wasn’t enough battery charge to play it back.

As we came home, Logan wanted to know what I was going to have for breakfast. I said summer oats with banana and fresh strawberries. Would he like to have some? He agreed, but as we walked in the door he went straight for the Boggle game. First things first! After two games, he said he really had to go home, because he was supposed to take care of the garbage. He left, repeating his scores. I wish I could remember numbers, because those were impressive. We had limited ourselves to four letter words and larger. He had a high teen number and one in the 20’s. I went back to look at my sheet. I had 5 and 13. I hope he went home delighted with himself, because he earned it. He might have been thinking it’s too easy to beat me, but only practice will make him ready to spar with Lise.