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Back to school

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Hurray, hurray, hurray! Tad is back in school this week, after mid-winter break last week. He is SO glad to be back. I could tell that he missed school when he followed Ane into her classroom on Thursday morning, went to the book corner after greeting the classroom frog (the teacher keeps a pet frog […]



Ane asks an important question

Friday, February 20th, 2009

On our way home from school/dropping Auntie off at softball practice: Ane: Mommy, does our city have any heroes? Me: What, honey? (thinking that I hadn’t heard her correctly) Ane: Does our city have any superheroes? Me: Not really. Ane: (big sigh) I asked (insert two boys’ names from her preschool class) about it today, […]



Two-thirds right

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Which is not bad, huh? And Tatiana knew she was out as soon as it was just her and Danny left. It was almost anti-climactic at that point. If you want to “up” the drama, Danny should have been announced first of the three finalists, since he was the most definite lock. At least they’re […]



Ah, the guilty pleasures

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Let us begin the annual ritual of voting! Yes, it’s American Idol time again. This year, there are 36 contestants left. 12 will sing each week, with only 3 people going forward to the Top 12 (the top guy and girl, and then the top vote-getter after those two). Then there will be a judges’ […]