Categories May 2016

Last Day Of Ballet!

Here are some pics that M shared from her ballet class. Tonight is her last class ever! The end of an era. I think I would be more sad about it if M weren't so happy about it. Here she is tonight…

Categories May 2016

More Party Pics

The girls are in the home stretch with a few activities: tomorrow is M's last ballet class EVER. She is quitting after this year.  She seems totally at peace with it. And A's last dance class MAY be tomorrow –…

Categories May 2016

N’s Conference

We had N's teacher conference last Friday. They were full of great things to say about him: -writes his name! -considerate and thoughtful classmate -great hugs -polite and kind -uses a lot of detail -love of reading -wide vocabulary -noteworthy…

Categories May 2016

Simpler Sunday

As crazy as yesterday was, today was a less complicated day. I got up early and did the Georgetown 10-Miler. It was very muddy and wet. but I finished in my usual 10-miler time.  I was home by 10:30, and…

Categories May 2016

Endless Saturday

This was the never-ending day. This morning, N and I went to the shoe store and got him new Keans and new sneakers. Here's what he picked: Then we went to the library and picked out 9 new books and…

Categories May 2016

Long Week

This week has felt endless. Daddy went on a short trip to NY/Boston and came home tonight. Homesnap had a big announcement yesterday. A hurt her foot in PE. M finally finished Math 8 (A is not far behind). N…

Categories May 2016

No Power Day

Today was a weird day. I took the girls to school at 8:20 this morning, and there were school buses outside ready to take Team Dakar to a field trip to a place that teaches financial planning. When we got…

Categories May 2016

The Weekend In Phoos

It has been a very busy couple of days! I went to Chicago very early Thursday morning for BEA 2016. I had a good time – I got a lot of books that I wanted to get, saw some blogger…

Categories May 2016

Max Scherzer Strikeout Day

Some exciting things happened today. A got the Humanitarian Award in her awards ceremony at school! M won it last advisory period. Congratulations to both wonderful daughters! M&A displayed their energy efficient homes at a Dakar Science event after school.…