Catching up on a few days… I was in New Orleans for a few days for work – a children’s book conference – and am back home. Here are some random things- M and N went to the Congressional Baseball…

Today was N’s birthday party. It was very easy and mellow. 4 boys came over – Ayan, Leo, Carter and Ren – and they swam, played ping pong, did games in the pool and had cupcakes. Weather was perfect after…

Nate had a pretty good 12th birthday today!! He woke up, had pancakes in the shape of 12s made by Dad, watched the London Mets-Phillies game, went to Nats Park to see the Nats beat the Braves 7-3, came home…

Last day of school for Nate! He has had a good week at school: got an award for MVP in pickleball, got his yearbook, got placed into higher math for next year, had Field Day, went bowling, brought donuts to…

The Reds WON THE MCLL 12U CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! This was a great season. They started out slow, with a losing record, but coalesced as a team and got steadily better. Their pitching was lights out in many games. The kids were…

N’s team, the Reds, HAS MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MCLL! His team had a slow start to the season, losing a lot of games. But they steadily got better, starting winning, and has now beat almost all of…

This was a busy weekend, particularly for N! First, we were lucky to have Amy in town for two nights. She is in Baltimore tonight and returns on Wednesday this week for another night. She and Hobart are now fast…

Dad and N had a great time at Epcot on Sunday. They explored a lot of different country exhibits and ate a lot of food from those countries. They also saw a space exhibit and an iMax movie about China.…

Here are some pics from Nationals in Orlando. Tomorrow I will post pics from Epcot that Dad shared. They had a flag from every state, and N was eyeing the MD one the whole time we were there. He finally…