Pretty uneventful weekend. M was busy all three days with Harvard Model Congress, which she didn't particularly enjoy. No fun trip to Boston, no staying in a hotel. Just a lot of Zoom. She seemed underwhelmed by it but at…

Big day today! Daddy was sworn in at the State Department and is now officially the chief of staff to special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry! He was sworn in at home because of icy conditions on the road. …

Tonight N enjoyed the classic Brady Bunch episode where Greg decides he wants to be a major league pitcher. He has a visit from Dodgers great Don Drysdale (conveniently visiting his architect at home) who at first encourages him –…

Today was a grey, wet Valentine's Day. Dad made sugar cookies in the shape of a heart N and I brought flowers to Nana N and I brought chocolate to Grandma Sandy M had Valentine's Day with Phoebe A woke…

Today A got a head shot! Very exciting. She will have many options to choose from – about 100+ images – and will get 25 watermarked photos and 2 retouched ones. I think she enjoyed it!  

N finished his art class yesterday. He took it for 6 weeks and really liked it a lot (even though now he is backpedaling and saying that he didn't like it that much). Here is what he made this week:…

A has been mentoring a little girl every Tuesday as part of her community service activities for Sidwell. It's so cute. She talks to her on camera for an hour and it's clear her mentee loves her. M has been…

And on Day 350-whatever of the pandemic, N discovered the Wii. It's been sitting in the basement untouched for a long time, and when he came to me today and said "I want to do something interactive" and this was…

We have introduced N to The Brady Bunch. He loves it! Some things don't stand up as well, so it's good we have M here to express outrage at subplots like "girls are no good at camping" and "Alice lets…

I am liking this "here is the day in pictures" format for the blog. N's playdate today with Eddy. They threw snowballs over the fence: The city N built in art class yesterday: The puzzle I finished: Lucky sleeping in…