Categories November 2020

Tired

Everyone in this house is covid free as of 7AM today. We're all tired now from an early wakeup and trudge to CMG, but we're relieved. We may foster a dog this weekend. 3/5 of us are excited about that.…

Categories November 2020

Email

Before covid, I used to get a lot of email in my personal account. But since covid, my inbox has exploded.  I get emails on the following topics: how to log in to remote learning (this has calmed down a…

Categories November 2020

Biden Won

Yesterday was a very good day. There was a lot of joy and celebrating in the house yesterday. Daddy ended up going to the White House twice, one with A and once with M and N. Driving around DC around…

Categories November 2020

A Back At School

A went back to school today. We had a million questions for her when she got home. Here are some answers: She had only one class today because she had a free period and one teacher was sick. The teacher…

Categories November 2020

Much Going On

There is a lot going on in the house. Joe Biden may be on his way to the White House. A is going back to school tomorrow M is going back to school in 2 weeks A had a great…

Categories November 2020

Pool Is Closed

Sad day in our house: the last day we will have a view of the blue waters of the pool. The pool is now closed. It was cold and windy today; definitely feels like winter is coming. The kids don't…

Categories October 2020

Happy Halloween!

We had a good Halloween! This morning Grandma Dina and Grandpa Ron sent us a dozen Duck Donuts! Yum. This afternoon we had a Halloween Easter Egg hunt here with the RHES crowd – Cole, Jackson, Ayan and Nathan. It…

Categories October 2020

M in the Hopper

This was in the GDS "Hopper Happenings" newsletter today: The Student Action Committee’s (SAC) Voter Mobilization Initiative (VMI) continued its work to organize GDS High School students and students in area schools to phone-bank. This week marked an increase from…

Categories October 2020

Orange Eggs

Halloween will look a little different this year. M is getting a test tomorrow so that she can hang out with her friends. We are having some of N's friends over in the afternoon for a candy treasure hunt. I…

Categories October 2020

Weekend Wrapup

It ended up being a busy weekend even though it didn't feel like it. N had baseball lesson from Emmitt on Saturday morning but not many plans the rest of the day. We tried to set up a few playdates…