Today was N's first full day of school with the full class. He did fine. He was a little teary at dropoff, according to Daddy, but he powered through. He seems OK about school, not very excited, but OK. We're…

This was the weekend to prepare for sports extracurriculars. That meant $pending a lot of $ on the following: -new soccer cleats for M&A -new shin guards for M&A -new soccer socks for M&A -new goalie gloves for M -new…

We all had some individual social plans today which made for a complicated day with moving parts! A: went to Rachel S's bat mitzvah in the morning and her party in the evening. She had a lot of fun tonight!…

The little boy started pre-K today! We are so proud of him. He went to school this morning and we dropped him off outside (making sure he got in and found his teacher, of course), and we didn't see him…

I need to post some photos from this week, before N has his real first day of school tomorrow. But first: we have prepared N for school tomorrow. He is bringing the following in his blue TSNS bag (because his new…

This week, I've been felled by a combination of jet lag, catching up at work, Nats losses and overall busy-ness which has me falling asleep on the couch at night before I can post. So, the big news around here…

TOday was a marathon day. We woke up in Lezzeno, packed up, and left amidst the first daytime rain we've seen there all week. We drove about 90 minutes to Milan, stopped at our hotel and dropped off our bags,…

Tonight is sadly our last night in Lake Como. Yesterday was our marathon day trip to Venice. Lots of hours in the car, but we had about 4.5 hours in Venice and made the most of it. A late lunch…

Today we had lunch with a guy who Daddy knows through someone else (we'd never met him before), along with his wife, daughter, baby and in-laws. (They are American but live part of the time in Lake Como). We ate…

We've had two more great days in Lake Como. Yesterday we went to Bellagio and walked around, then toured the gardens of the Villa Melzi. it was a holiday here so the town was very crowded and parking was a…