We've made our lists of the top 5 memories from the trip. Here they are: Nate: 1. Night Sky2. A's video3. Buying tix to Casablanca and realizing that we are going to get there after all4. Spending time with family5.…

Today N did two things he really wanted to do before going back to school. First, we went to Climb Zone and used the free two hour certificate he got for having his birthday party there; and 2) he, Ayan…

First, a pic from today: N and Nana went to the fountain at Chevy Chase Circle today: And now more pics from Morocco: From the very picturesque town of Chefchaoen where all the houses are blue:   The rest of…

Ok, back to posting pics. Here are some of the girls' dropoff weeks: A's room: A's common room: M dropoff and room: M's friend Ben from Taiwan program: Typepad is being really finicky with pics right now so that's all…

Phew. I haven't posted in over a week, since before we left Portugal. That's because as soon as we got home, I left again to go to LA to check on A, and as soon as I got home from…

It is our last night here in Portugal. We leave tomorrow AM and head back to the airport, return the (second) rental car, and head home (hopefully!). Today was a nice mellow day. We sat around by the pool and…

I have been remiss about posting while on our trip. We've had a very busy pace, and at night I have been really tired, so it has been easy to let it slide. But now, with one full day left…

Tomorrow we leave on our trip to Morocco and Portugal! We have all day here tomorrow so we still have a lot of time to pack and prepare, but we did a lot today. We also sent three big boxes…

Nate has set up another experiment at the door using small pieces of paper. This time, he is measuring who leaves the house the most. When we leave the house, we are supposed to put a piece of paper from…

Tonight, A and N and I went to Planta Queen to have dinner before the baseball game. M was, of course, our server. She did a great job and the food was good. N went up to her at one…