N's second day of school was good today. Here is what his backpack looks like this year. Grampy helped me move most of the keychains over from the old backpack to the new one (to save my nails) and they…

Today was N's first day of school. The short report: he likes his teacher (she seems nice), there aren't a lot of kids in his class that he thinks he will be friends with other than Ayan, he ate lunch…

We returned from our trip on Friday and it is now Sunday. A lot has happened since we returned, but I want to make sure I cover the end of the trip. During our second full day in Paris, we…

We returned from our trip on Friday and it is now Sunday. A lot has happened since we returned, but I want to make sure I cover the end of the trip. During our second full day in Paris, we…

Yesterday we spent the morning in the Loire Valley and then drove to Paris late in the day. The morning was good – we had a nice lunch in Amboise (crepes!) and then toured the chateau. The rooms aren't anything…

Here is trip update #3. Internet has been really spotty the last few days so this will be quick. We are writing from the Loire Valley. We got here yesterday after spending the morning at Mt. St. Michel. Even though…

We are now in France! We drove here yesterday after our last morning in Amsterdam, which we spent taking a boat around the canals. The ride was great- relaxing and interesting to see things from a different perspective. Then we…

Here is update #1 from our trip.  We had an easy flight and travel to Amsterdam. The flight was pretty empty so we could all stretch out, our bags made it, we made it, the weather was fine and we…

We leave tomorrow! Tonight was spent packing and cramming things into suitcases and organizing and blah blah. Flight is at 2:30; we will leave for the airport at around noon. Also, we are all covid negative as of today. Let's…