A has worked hard for a few months and tomorrow is showtime! The Shakespeare play is tomorrow night. A's costume and makeup are perfect and we are excited to see the play. M worked for 5 hours tonight on her…

The girls had to do presentations in their English class this week about warriors, comparing someone in their lives to one of the black teenagers in the Little Rock Nine, who attended desegregated high schools in the 60s. Both girls…

N has his big boy bed! It arrived yesterday morning and it looks great. It takes up like half his room, so we removed the dresser and the hamper and the glider. He has new bedding too, from Pottery Barn,…

Second to last night in the toddler bed. So we're not the only ones who think M is pretty great:  

Grandma brought over a roll of paper today when she came for the piano lessons, and so tonight N created this picture. (Did I mention that he told me that he wants to be a painter when he grows up?).…

Back to school, back to work.  Sigh. N has a number of creatures that he calls his "kids". Some are very new additions to our household. Here they are: From left: Chloe the Dinosaur; Mr. Googly Eyes the caterpillar, Ball…

We are back from Duck. Home in 5.5 hours, which is a record for North Carolina. We're mostly unpacked and we have another day before we go back to school and work.  It was a great vacation and we all…