Categories August 2018

Busy Saturday

Busy, active Saturday! N amd I dropped off some donations at the Sidwell Next To New Sale and then headed to the playground. Then we came home and packed up a bunch of boxes of books in his room. Then…

Categories August 2018

N’s Big Brain

N's teacher from last year sent us this email: I sent a note to Ms. Goodwin and got to chat with her today. She said Nate's been quiet and shy–natural for the the start of the year of course.  In the note I told her about…

Categories August 2018

Summer is Ending!

Lots going on here. N's third day of school. (All good so far; Ms. Abraham weighed in with Ms. Goodwin about how smart N is) M&A saw a movie today – Crazy Rich Asians. They loved it. M&A had dental…

Categories August 2018

First Day of Lafayette

Today was N's first day of school! He met his teacher, Ms. Goodwin, and he seemed to have a good day. He was annoyed by how much time was spent showing the kids around the school – the nurse's office,…

Categories August 2018

Erev First Grade

Today was N's last day of summer! So sad. He starts school tomorrow. He had a fun weekend (I hope) – some errands, lots of time at home, a Nats game, a haircut, some packing. Not that summery, I guess,…

Categories August 2018

N’s New Classroom

News from today: We saw N's new classroom! We went to the Lafayette Huddle tonight to learn about the procedures for this year. There are now 885 (!!!) kids in N's school. That is a lot of kids! He can…

Categories August 2018

Back To School Time

N likes to help me pack boxes for the move, which is cute and also helpful. So far we've packed most of the board games and puzzles as well as my books from the attic. That's pretty much it. So.…