Categories September 2023

TAR/Survivor Premiere Date

Today was a very highly anticipated day in the house – the long-awaited premiere of Survivor and The Amazing Race. N was VERY excited. We didn't even get to the Republican debate. Survivor turned out to be a little underwhelming…

Categories September 2023

Google Forms Are Back

N has revived the Sunday Google Form quiz. Here is the wrapup he did from today's quiz: — Dear family, the google forms are back! This week, for the first time the google form introduced a bonus question which required…

Categories September 2023

Piper The Pup

Updates from here today: -N and I biked to and from school today. We are going to try to do that once a week. It was fun! Nice to avoid the awful crunch of car pickup at 330PM too. We…

Categories September 2023

GDS Curriculum Night

Tonight was Curriculum Night at GDS. We got to meet N's teachers – Kate (History), Zoe (English), Carly (Science), Johanne (Spanish), Cristina (Math) and Hilary (Advisory). They all seem devoted, enthusiastic, nurturing and smart. N doesn't have much homework but…

Categories September 2023

Happy New Year!

N and I have a new game. We are spotting license plates. We have gotten a lot of plates already! It has made time in the car fun. Today I took N to a birthday party in VA and we…

Categories September 2023

Baseball Victory

N's baseball team won its first game tonight, 13-5. It was a good game, despite N being last in the batting order and not pitching. He got two walks and a single RBI.  N and I have also been playing…