picture provided by Cristina During the second week of school Hannah had written in her agenda “Ask me what a growth mindset is” so I did but in true Hannah fashion (and I am, sure many other 8 year-olds) her response was “I don’t remember”. The good parent that I am (insert sarcastic tone), I asked her teacher if she wouldn’t mind explaining it again; of course, she forgot again. I haven’t heard of the term before, but it sounded important so I was going to research it so we could talk about it as a family. That weekend I was running the Tough Mudder with my friend for the third time, so I didn’t get a chance to learn about it – but it was on my agenda for the following week. Saturday morning Chris and I headed to Christie Lake and Eric, Cristina and the girls followed soon after. We were ready, I amped myself up all week – I was NOT going to freak out during the arctic enema – this was going to be my year. (more on the Tough Mudder in my next post) ...