One of Ane’s new pretend plays is to “be a kitty.” She will crawl around on hands and knees, meow, purr, and rub up against my leg in an effort to be acknowledged as a kitty. Her impression of a cat is so convincing that Tad even patted her on the head the other day […]

Following up on the school theme, here are some pictures of Ane’s class field trip to the pumpkin patch. The Webmaster had the fun of taking her to a local farm and corn maze in Redmond with the rest of the parents and kids. This farm allowed the kids to choose their own sugar pumpkin. […]

It was SO nice to get the kids back to school yesterday. Because of the Veterans’ Day holiday, and a teacher inservice day, Tad had both Monday and Tuesday off. Ane, of course, doesn’t have school until Wednesday anyway, so we had two days of no school (except for Ane’s ballet class). They. Drove. Me. […]

It has been a little over two months since Tad got his Spica cast off. Yesterday was our scheduled post-cast removal check-up. First off, NEVER AGAIN will I schedule an appointment for myself or one of the kids on a national holiday. The parking lot at Overlake (Tad’s appointment was at Children’s in Bellevue) was […]