Categories January 2022

Second Semester Seniors!!

Here is the update from here! A finished her exams AND the last of her college applications today. Wow! She is officially a second semester senior, which is one of the best times in life. Congrats to A!  M is…

Categories January 2022

Transportation Woes Pt. 2

Our transportation woes continue… with some solved and some new ones. This morning, we discovered that the girls' battery was dead again. So, that meant a quick ride to school for M around 8:20. N's bus is back in business.…

Categories January 2022

Car Trouble

We've had a number of transportation challenges in the last week. Nate's school bus driver has COVID, or is filling in for someone who has COVID, and his bus hasn't been running since break. So he needs a ride to…

Categories January 2022

First Week Of The Year

This has been an odd week, with the year starting off in fits and starts. Two snow days, pre-planned half days for GDS, reading day/exam day at Sidwell. So no one had a full week and there has been lots…

Categories January 2022

Mousetrap!

As a kid, I was always envious of people who had the game Mousetrap. I never had it, but I may have played it once or twice at someone's house and I really liked it. When the girls were little,…

Categories January 2022

Snow Day 1

We got 5 inches of snow today. No school for N (M&A already had the day off). Dad took him sledding today: I think N really needs to go back to school. But tomorrow is another snow day! ALSO BIG…

Categories January 2022

Another Day of Vacation!

So the endless Christmas Break was extended by another day, for the kids anyway. M and A don't have school tomorrow bc everyone had to be tested before they can start. (Both negative thankfully). Now N is off tomorrow too…

Categories January 2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our endless Christmas break continues (not that I am complaining…). Yesterday N and I headed downtown and went to the US Botanical Gardens to check out the outdoor train exhibit and then to the White House to see the national…

Categories December 2021

What’s Been Going On

Here are some things that have happened over the past few days: -N started a paint -by-numbers project -N is reading two books- the latest Snicket and Basil Frankweiler -N slept til noon! -M slept til 130 -A applied for…

Categories December 2021

Christmas Break

It's Christmas break! Here's what we've been up to: -baking -watching TV -friends over (outside) -schoolwork -college apps -reading -going to friends' (outside) -museum (Planet Word) -Christmas dinner (Meiwah) It is so nice to have some time off!