I have one very happy girl living under my roof just now.
The class lists were posted yesterday evening for the first time, so we got to find out who her teacher is.
And guess what?
IT’S MS. V!!!  Her kindergarten teacher has moved up a grade and will be her first grade teacher this year!  To say [...]

Ane lost another tooth last night – her bottom right lateral incisor, for those of you keeping score – and was none too pleased about it.  I’ve never known a kid who has been so ticked off about losing her baby teeth.
This tooth left a bit of a hole, which I find endearingly cute (she [...]

It’s time for a picture drop on all of you!  It’ll tide you over through the weekend.
For example, this is what happens when you turn Ane loose on Nana’s dress up clothes:

She looks like a miniature version of Sunset Boulevard.

Can you tell that she was enjoying herself?

It was hard to convince her that it was [...]

This was a common feature of our yard every summer.

Laundry on the clothesline, drying in the warm summer weather.
No more.
Right after I took the above picture, I started hanging up some towels.  And then the top ring of the clothesline snapped, sending one pole off crazy and right down on my shoulder.
Ow.
Then as [...]