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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…