Couple of quick updates tonight. N got a nice accolade in his English class today: “Nate, thank you so much for your thoughtful and robust contributions to our Socratic Seminar on To Kill a Mockingbird today. After such a disjointed week last…

N is back in Survivor mode these days. With Season 50 right around the corner, he’s preparing by doing the following: It’s fun.

Well, we got walloped with the snowstorm that was threatening all week. It snowed all day yesterday and dumped about 8 inches plus sleet and freezing rain. It was cozy here. We have been binge-ing Survivor Game Changers and we…

Here is a sweet memory from last year. I always love when the kids come to the store. These pics were taken at the end of August before M went back to school. Meanwhile M is still on her west…

This morning, Dad and N and I went to the Capital Area Food Bank to volunteer with the Brown Club of DC for MLK Weekend. Along with a large group of volunteers, we sorted a very large donation of food…

Dad shared some more pics from Ivy Parents Weekend at Princeton in October. It was a fun weekend!

Two fun things happened tonight. N had his 7th/8th grade band concert. They played a bunch of holiday songs (Sasha explained why; still not sure I understand it), including a Nutcracker medley, Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland and more. (Also –…

This is one of those posts where I am going to revisit a day from last year and write about it now, since I didn’t post about it then. The date was October 25, when Dad and I went to…

For my birthday, Grandma Sandy gave me an amaryllis plant. It contained three bulbs and for many weeks, it barely grew at all. Then in the last two weeks or so, it has shot up and started to bloom. Here…

The girls have flown west. A left today to return to school, and M flew to Aspen for a few days with her HS friends, and from there she will go to Southern California (and see A!) and then to…