The girls' promotion ceremony from Deal was held this morning. They are officially rising 9th graders! Very exciting. The ceremony was pretty good – the performances were mixed and for some crazy reason neither girl won any awards (wtf!) –…

Tonight is the 8th grade dance. In fact, it's going on right now. The girls had their hair done at Drybar earlier this afternoon, then they came home and got dressed, and then went to Maggiano's for dinner with Katie,…

Here is what happened this weekend: Parties: 2 – N went to Nina's birthday party and M went to a graduation celebration at Stella Grand's grandfather's lake house in Falls Church Dance dresses: M exchanged her UO romper that was…

Today was N's 6th birthday!!! It was a really good day. He woke up to pancakes in bed, shaped like 6s. Nice job, Daddy!   Then Daddy and I walked him to school. Then he had a regular day of…

The girls are doing their last real projects of the year: their Passport to History year-end culminations, due tomorrow. It's 12:06AM and A's is done. M's is not yet done. And she wants to have it velo-bound. Which means we…

Here are some more pics from N's birthday party on Sunday. Here's who was there: Bella, Livia, Andrew, Dax, Alice, Maddie H., Reuven, Lexie, Sam, Sebastian, Mateo, Eli, Wesley and Sarah. (Plus Daddy, Alexa, Maddie, Grampy and me.)   The…

WOW, what a weekend. Let's start with N's birthday party, which was today. Despite pouring rain and antisocial animals, it was a hit. Andrew L. told his mom it was the best party he'd ever been to (!), and Eli's…

N had a big day. It's almost the end of kindergarten. He had a pizza party at Lafayette Park tonight. His diorama project is finished. But the biggest new of all is that HE LOST A TOOTH! HIS FIRST ONE!