We are down 40% tonight – M is in Boston for Harvard Model Congress and Daddy is at Yale where he is speaking to Kerry's class tomorrow, So it's pretty quiet here. N and A and I had dinner. N…

N is following in my footsteps in two ways: 1. He's a book reviewer!! 2. He's a podcaster! Stay tuned for the first episode of Not A Baseball Town, a podcast I am doing with Andrew Herman about the Nats,…

M did a lot of adulting today. (That is a NYT crossword word that Grampy hates).  She got her learner's permit! She took an eye test. She went to a doctor's appointment without me. She had to sign things. She…

Lots of good family time this weekend and a lot going on! M was at Model UN from Thursday til Sunday. She was happy to get home yesterday and we were happy to see her. She was also really tired.…

Wow, I haven't posted since Sunday! It has been a crazy week. Everyone in the house had a lot going on. M had a busy week at school, then she led a session for MLK Day at GDS about voter…

It's Oscar Sunday! N and A have been super interested in the Oscar ballot process – I even got N to listen to an Oscars podcast with me – and we are watching the show now. Sadly, M and Daddy…

The kids have dispersed for the night. M is babysitting and sending us some pretty sad texts about how glad she is that N is N and how much she misses babysitting for the Daultons because the kids are much…

N and I spent a lot of time tonight doing Oscars research. He is totally into it – wants to know who's the frontrunner, who's surging, etc. – but is also putting a lot of his own picks. Very impressed.…

TS Sunday School is a weird place. First, on Sunday, when Daddy went to pick up N, the teacher told him that they had accidentally left N on the playground when they went in from their recess. She was incredibly…

This was one of the quieter weekends we've had in a while. A and M both had sleepovers on Friday and we went to a bat mitzvah last night while A went to a BBYO "kickoff" (not sure what that…