Categories June 2020

Erev 8/81

Big day in our house tomorrow! N is turning 8. Here are all the things happening because of N's birthday: He had a great swim playdate here with Cole today. They had a great time. First time they've seen each…

Categories June 2020

Sidwell Is Done!

A IS DONE WITH SCHOOL! Today was the last day of Sidwell. She saw some senior project presentations and then went in the pool. Not a bad Thursday. N still has another 8 days, but we learned today that he…

Categories June 2020

Staying Awake

So I am having trouble keeping my eyes open at night. Not sure why, when I don't do much during the day other than work. I wake up kind early to work out but it's not as early as I…

Categories May 2020

Weekend Report

High points of the weekend: -beautiful weather-nightswimming-social plans for the girls (SD visits with friends) and for us (Jeremy and Robin last night; Matt & Ellen tonight for a quick drink in the backyard)-N's bike streak intact-the girls' reenactment of…

Categories May 2020

Day 78

Tonight felt like summer. We ate outside and then everyone was in the pool tonight (except me of course). The water was warm and they all stayed in for a while! Daddy and N first, then M, and then later,…

Categories May 2020

Day 75

Some cute stuff about N: Nice stuff about N that his classmates wrote: The thank-you note he wrote to Rick: Biking last night (he has a streak of biking every day since last Saturday): The photo we took for his…

Categories May 2020

Memorial Day Weekend Wrapup

Good things that happened this long weekend: One extra day without staring into my computer on calls. A fantastic bike ride to the mall and around the monuments with M yesterday. We had a great time. A gave Daddy a…

Categories May 2020

Day 71

Good things that happened today: 1) M had a nice social visit to her friend Maya's. She biked over and never took the mask off once. 2) N and I had a nice bike ride outside. He is loving being…

Categories May 2020

Day 71

Oy. A long day today of looking into the Zoom screen. Today was a particularly bad day, with 8 back to back to back investor presentations, one after another. That meant not much time to hang out with N. Daddy…

Categories May 2020

Day 70

Three awesome things today: A finished her history paper. Much smoother sailing til the end of the year. N wrote this poem for his color poem assignment: What is Yellow? Yellow is lemons and the buttery taste of popcorn  Yellow…