August 5 - Pro tip: if you eat raw cookie dough, it doesn’t smell like fresh-baked cookies so your kid doesn’t ask for any.

August 12 - Ian has not been sleeping well lately. He'll go to bed fine but when he wakes up around 1 am it takes him hours to fall back asleep. It's been wearing on him. The good news is Ian slept for a solid 11 hours last night. He's a whole new person today.

In other Ian news, I installed a new ceiling bracket for his hammock chair so no one will get unceremoniously dumped on the floor (again). I paid for NHL.com so we can watch the playoffs. The Flyers play tonight at 8 pm.

August 19 - Our victory this week is we set up a workstation for me and Ian both at Shrop's house so that we can do school and work there as needed. It also means Ian can continue to play with his friends online while I listen to podcasts and Shrop cleans a carburetor. It helps us feel at home in more than one location.

August 26 - Ian had a glowing dental report yesterday. They're going to do a frenectomy tomorrow (where they trim that thing that holds your top lip down) so that his front teeth can grow together. The good news is they can do it with a laser now so he doesn't have to deal with uncomfortable stitches like I did at his age. We're living in the future.

We also went to Fleet Feet and got Ian a pair of Brooks shoes that fit well. His feet are a little wide and ridiculously tall so most shoes hurt the tops of his feet. He was so delighted with them he kept bouncing and jogging around. It's amazing what you can do when your gear fits. Bonus is we have 3D images of his feet now.

August 27 - Ian is amazing (blog post about his diabetes diagnosis)