Today after his last baseball practice, N wanted to stop by the Village Halloween party. He's a little on the old side but he wanted to see what it was about and likely check out the food. He went by…

N had a field trip today to Strathmore where he heard a blues ensemble. It was his first field trip in… years?? He said it was pretty good and that the kids were quiet and respectful of the musicians. He…

Highly entertaining: listening to Nate perform a dramatic (comedic) reading of the email thread between me and two other room parents about the class Fall Party (not to be confused with a Halloween Party) on Monday (Halloween). Hearing it in…

We are back from NYU Parents Weekend. We got to learn a lot more about A's program – including Tisch Acting and Stella Adler in particular. We took A out to dinner with her friends Kristy and Delphy. We had…

I have been meaning to post this for several days – N was elected assistant (or alternate?) class representative. He was very pleased because a number of people ran for it. He will get to be class rep on student…

We had A back this weekend, which was so nice! When I got the Life360 alert when she got home last night, it made me realize again how much I miss having her at home  Right now she is headed…

We had A back this weekend, which was so nice! When I got the Life360 alert when she got home last night, it made me realize again how much I miss her! Right now she is headed back to NY,…

A is home!! Very excited to see her!!! She is here with us tonight and spending tomorrow at the Sidwell football game and having a sleepover with Charlotte. Today was the CCES Color Run. I volunteered so I got to…

Some of the pics I posted in yesterday's blog didn't show up in the post. I think Typepad was having some issues or updates or something. So, here again are the pics from yesterday: N at the Fox Den at…

N had a shadow day at Sidwell today. He liked it, didn't love it, says he could "maybe" see himself there, enjoyed lunch, didn't think the classes were THAT hard, liked his buddy, and is happy to be going back…