Daddy took the kids camping for the annual Nebagamon Dads Camping Weekend. They went for one night and it sounds like it went well! They didn't get much sleep but they had a good time. N especially loved the whole…

The DCPS school year is over!!! I can't believe it's summer break. Here is N on his last day of school: And here he was on the first day of school: It was a great year for him. The girls…

N's teacher this year, Ms. Abraham, was amazing. He had a fantastic year and learned so much, and she was warm, loving, encouraging and affirming of all of her students. Here is her final email to parents this year: Dear…

Lots of artwork from M and N has come home over the last week or so, and I'll take pics and post them soon. But I had to share this self-portrait that came from N's school yesterday.  N has only…

The girls' promotion ceremony from Deal was held this morning. They are officially rising 9th graders! Very exciting. The ceremony was pretty good – the performances were mixed and for some crazy reason neither girl won any awards (wtf!) –…

Tonight is the 8th grade dance. In fact, it's going on right now. The girls had their hair done at Drybar earlier this afternoon, then they came home and got dressed, and then went to Maggiano's for dinner with Katie,…

Here is what happened this weekend: Parties: 2 – N went to Nina's birthday party and M went to a graduation celebration at Stella Grand's grandfather's lake house in Falls Church Dance dresses: M exchanged her UO romper that was…

Today was N's 6th birthday!!! It was a really good day. He woke up to pancakes in bed, shaped like 6s. Nice job, Daddy!   Then Daddy and I walked him to school. Then he had a regular day of…

The girls are doing their last real projects of the year: their Passport to History year-end culminations, due tomorrow. It's 12:06AM and A's is done. M's is not yet done. And she wants to have it velo-bound. Which means we…

Here are some more pics from N's birthday party on Sunday. Here's who was there: Bella, Livia, Andrew, Dax, Alice, Maddie H., Reuven, Lexie, Sam, Sebastian, Mateo, Eli, Wesley and Sarah. (Plus Daddy, Alexa, Maddie, Grampy and me.)   The…