Today's adventure with Nate took us to the Little Falls branch walk. It was sunny and nice and we enjoyed seeing the creek and scenery. He goes back to school tomorrow!! Other highlights of today: -M had brunch at Silver…

Rough morning this AM: I woke up early to get M up for the SAT. I realized quickly that the power was out. When I got M up, she asked if her entrance ticket had printed the night before. I…

I haven't posted in a while, mostly because nothing terribly exciting is happening. It has been a very long week of… the usual. The main excitement is that N is going back to school on Monday, in person. Tonight we…

N and I did two adventures this weekend. Yesterday we drove to the Mormon Temple, the one that you see when you're heading west on the Beltway and that signifies that you're almost home. We couldn't get very close to…

Tonight, N said to me, "Am I annoying sometimes?" I said, "No more annoying than most 8 year-old boys are, sometimes, and most of the time much less annoying." He said, "I can live with that."

Today was Maggie's first vet appointment! It was a challenge getting her into the car, and an even bigger challenge getting her out of the car at the vet's, but she did well once there. We tried a new vet…

Nothing terribly exciting to report this week. M is taking the SAT in the AM. We had a close call with medical forms last night but Fink came to the rescue and we got finished forms within 2 hours. A's…