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…

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…

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…

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…

N had a baseball game tonight and they WON big time. He pitched an inning and scored a few times from walks. He was very cranky tonight after the game and very hungry and wanted fried chicken, which he claims…

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…

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…

Rain, rain go away! N got his baseball game in today (they lost but he pitched a very good inning), but we were supposed to go to the Nats game today at 4 and it was delayed, delayed, delayed due…

Today was N's first day of GDS! He said it went well. He liked the kids he met and didn't have much yet in the way of classes or work. Lunch was meh. He seems happy (and that's after his…

Tomorrow is orientation day for N, and then school starts Wednesday. Dad and I go with him to GDS for three hours and we have separate programming during the day. We also looked at all of his classes and teachers,…