Yesterday was a rainy day in the middle of – what looks like – a long stretch of sunny and slowly-warming days.  This drove the kids – and then, me – over the edge. It started in the morning, when Ane insisted on wearing her hoodie to school, even though I had sent Tad to [...]

THIS is what I want to play with now, Mama. Forget those other ones. (He thinks that he is big enough to play with real Legos now.  Did I mention that he is obsessed with Star Wars?  OBSESSED.  If only they made Star Wars Duplos…) And happy birthday to my favorite sister-in-law, Q-Bee!  (I can [...]

Second grade means learning how to write reports.  So Ane’s teacher has had the entire class working for the last few weeks on animal reports, about the animal of their choice.  The idea was that they would take notes on habitat, appearance, diet and babies, along with an interesting fact or two, and then write [...]

Last Friday was the annual Daddy Daughter Dance up at the high school, and this year’s theme was Hawaiian.  Fortunately, we had a vintage Hawaiian dress for Ane to wear!