Categories April 2018

NHD Competition Tomorrow

N had his Chess class yesterday after school. He did not want to go. In fact, he was crying after school and during the class, even with Nana there to walk him to the class and wait for him there.…

Categories April 2018

Obama x 2

Early this AM, we all scattered like the winds. Daddy took an early train to NY, where he spent the day for a lunch for Helene Reddell which he said went very well. M went to spend the day managing…

Categories April 2018

N’s State Obsession

Today was the Nats home opener. It did not go well. Meanwhile, the kids were at school and it sounds like a typical day. M&A couldn't eat most of their lunch, bc their time was truncated, bc the boys had…

Categories April 2018

Girls Are Back

The girls are home from their trip! They landed around 845 last night. We've heard some stories from the trip but we haven't seen too many photos yet. Sounds like they had a very good time with a lot of…

Categories April 2018

Toppletree

Updates from today: We've signed up N for after school tennis one day a week. He's not excited. We also want him to take either a Lego class or a Chess class and he is equally unenthusiastic about those. The…

Categories March 2018

Drive to RDV

We arrived safely at Ron Dee Vous tonight after a 6 1/2 hour drive and a quick stop for dinner at Exit 100 – the diner that A hates. On the way up, we listened to the Nats season opener…

Categories March 2018

Silver Stars Pics

Here are some pics of N after I dropped him at camp yesterday. He isn't really integrated with the group yet, but he did have a much better time yesterday than he did on Monday. Today he had a playdate…

Categories March 2018

Spring Break Update

It is Day 2 of the Costa Rica trip. Sounds like last night wasn't great because they ignored the rooming requests and bunked everyone alphabetically for the night, which wasn't good news for A, in particular. But today seems better…