Categories March 2023

Dojo Auction

In N's classroom, the kids can accumulate something called "dojo dollars" which they can use in a "dojo auction" a few times a year. (Don't ask me how they accrue the dollars.). The auction was today. N had 106 dojo…

Categories March 2023

Hobart Walk Updates

Here are the most recent reports from Hobart's walks. 12:37 PM: We had a lovely sunny walk today. He peed and pooped and could not get enough of the puperoni treat I brought for him. I broke it into little…

Categories March 2023

Catching Up

Oh I have SO much to catch up on. I haven't posted in a whole and a lot has happened! Most of it has to do with N. The girls are fine. A has been working hard on scenes for…

Categories February 2023

Catching Up

Some highlights from the last few days: Nate and I went to the Caps game on Thursday night. We took the metro down, had dinner near Capital One Arena, and then stayed for two periods of hte game. For some…

Categories February 2023

1:1 Chug Ivrit

First, a cute pic of Alexa and Kristi from the weekend, as they were heading out to the bus.   And second, poor N had a 1:1 class with his Hebrew School teacher today when he was the only kid…

Categories February 2023

RCP and DC Tour

We are having a fun weekend with Alexa and Kristi. We are quizzing her on all things Australia, and now making her watch an episode of N's favorite show, The Inbestigators (which is Australian). She enjoys jigsaw puzzles and appreciates…

Categories February 2023

Spelling Bee

N did a great job in the spelling bee today!! He came in 4th out of 18 kids. We are SO proud of him. And he was a great sport. Here are the words he spelled: SWEPT SIFTING BEGINNING CONSTANT…

Categories February 2023

Erev Spelling Bee

Tomorrow is the CCES Spelling Bee and N is nervous. We've been quizzing him on lots of hard words on the list – words like hobbledehoy and crevices and Sanskrit and acknowledged and tankard and on and on. N is…