I am not sure how I have gone so ling without posting about the Blend Jet. N saw an ad for it around Christmas and wanted it badly. It's an individual blender that makes smoothies and shakes. He wanted to…

N and I have had a fun weekend! Here are some things we have done: Exercise: I did a boxing glass and took H for a run this AM; N played in a rainy soccer game today. He had to…

Dad has gone to India for 5 nights and N and I are home together doing fun stuff. He didn't have school today, so we've had time together. He had a birthday party at Shepherd Park with lots of other…

Not much to report from the weekend. A went back to school – boo! We miss her a lot. Hobart misses her a lot too. She started classes today and has a monologue to do for tomorrow. Shakespeare, which she…

Tonight we went to an open house for parents at Silver Creek Middle School. It was pretty impressive. We will see what happens with N's applications and then make decisions. If he does go to SCMS, he is going to…

Today we took N to the Portrait Gallery so that he could see the presidential portraits. He was familiar with most of them from seeing them in other places, like his history and presidents books. He knew so much of…

Today N flew his Go Go Bird at Triangle Park. The wind was strong and the bird had trouble flying at times, and it kept going into the trees. One time it was very high in the trees but the…

N had his first of two standardized tests today – Reading (Math tomorrow). Apparently they scored the tests right away and N was tied for the highest score in the class! He was very pleased Also got this cute note…

We have a magnet collection which we add to every time we travel. Magnets make great souvenirs – they are not expensive, easy to carry home, and usually very plentiful. When I am traveling alone, I pick the magnet myself,…