Categories May 2020

Day 75

Some cute stuff about N: Nice stuff about N that his classmates wrote: The thank-you note he wrote to Rick: Biking last night (he has a streak of biking every day since last Saturday): The photo we took for his…

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Memorial Day Weekend Wrapup

Good things that happened this long weekend: One extra day without staring into my computer on calls. A fantastic bike ride to the mall and around the monuments with M yesterday. We had a great time. A gave Daddy a…

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Day 71

Good things that happened today: 1) M had a nice social visit to her friend Maya's. She biked over and never took the mask off once. 2) N and I had a nice bike ride outside. He is loving being…

Categories May 2020

Day 71

Oy. A long day today of looking into the Zoom screen. Today was a particularly bad day, with 8 back to back to back investor presentations, one after another. That meant not much time to hang out with N. Daddy…

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Day 70

Three awesome things today: A finished her history paper. Much smoother sailing til the end of the year. N wrote this poem for his color poem assignment: What is Yellow? Yellow is lemons and the buttery taste of popcorn  Yellow…

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Weekend Visit

Highlights from this weekend: Visit from the NJ Weiswassers yesterday! Jonathan, Liz and Sarah flew down with Dot and hung out with us and Grandma in the backyard for a few hours yesterday. What a treat. We had a great…

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18th Century Trade

Today N and I went to RCP to practice batting and throw stones into the creek. Yesterday he went there with Daddy to see the place where they keep overflow stones from the Capitol. We are going to try to…

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Day 64

Very little of interest to report today. Kids are doing their school thing; N is watching postseason games from 2019 and zooming with friends (while playing games online) when he isn't doing school stuff. The girls have been holed up…

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Mother’s Day Weekend

Fun weekend here, given the reality of quarantine. Today was Mother's Day. I didn't do much other than read and deal with the new raised vegetable garden and hang out at home. One great treat -  Grandma Sandy came over…

Categories May 2020

SWEET SIXTEEN

I hope the girls always remember the high they are on right now. They said it was the best birthday they've ever had (and this was before they opened presents). After the usual breakfast in bed prepared by Daddy, it…