It was a good day for N because he got to act out his alter ego, Captain Underwear, when I got home from work with 2 multi-packs of new underwear for N. I think they are too big because he…

M and I took Chris and Caleb up on a last minute offer to go to the Nats game tonight. We're glad we went. It was a short, relatively unexciting game which we won on a 3 run HR by…

For their science homework, M&A had to compare a cell to something else that has a center (nucleus), cell wall, membrane and an energy source and all of the other components of a cell. I thought they picked very creative…

Lots of things happened this weekend. N had 3 birthday parties – Zach, Emerson and Leyla: He liked Leyla's party so much that on the way home, he asked me to "tell him the story of the party" so that he…

I am still in Vegas. I return tonight and I am very happy! I bought some funny things for the kids – for N, I got glasses with eyes that pop off with slinkys, and for the girls I got…

Tonight we had Back to School Night at Deal. We met M&A's teachers – McVey (ELA), Wickersham (Social Studies), Quinn (Algebra), Rhoads (Science), Deak (PE – A), Shipman (Music – M), and Cuffey (Spanish – M). A's terrible Spanish teacher,…

N has to do a project for school. He has to create a poster with photos or drawings of the things he likes. This has turned into a family project. Daddy worked with N to come up with the list,…

Whew! We made it through a loooong weekend. M made these cupcakes for book club today. She went with an apple theme because apples play an important part in the book, The Giver. M did the bulk of the work on…

M had some fantastic saves in her soccer game today. Coach Jon said that it was the best goalie performance our team has ever had. They tied 1-1. We went to Deal after the game for 7th Grade Family Day.…

N created a very cute book at school this week.   Those people are: Me, N, Daddy, A and M, with Lucky in the foreground. SO CUTE.