The kids were with their father for two weeks of vacation the second half of August. It’s the longest stretch of time I’ve ever been away from them. The weeks leading up to this were overwhelming with relatives visiting from Texas and swim meets in Florida and Virginia and a college move in North Carolina. […]
Life at My House
The Trip of a Lifetime (Gretchen’s Paris Vacation)
In February of my junior year in high school I went to France on an exchange trip. For some reason I saved the program acceptance letter. I don’t know whose phone numbers are written across the top, and I have no idea who Harry is, but that’s definitely my brother’s handwriting. Fourteen students from my high […]
Grad Walk
The school district we live in does something pretty cool every year for the seniors. On one of the last days of school, they participate in the Grad Walk. All the seniors wear their caps and gowns and load onto busses at the high school. From there they go to the elementary school and the […]
Marit’s 12th Birthday (Part Deux) – The MPB
Marit’s 12th birthday celebration was a two-day affair. On Friday (the day after her actual birthday) we played Birthday Hooky. Part II was the next day, on Saturday. That afternoon Kristofer had a swim meet at Fairfield University which is a little less than an hour from our house, and 30 minutes from my parents’ […]
Onto the Next Chapter
Last night was Gretchen’s 8th grade moving up ceremony. I don’t want to say what everyone else says about the days going slow and the years going fast. BUT THEY ARE RIGHT. I mean, this is where we were eleven years ago when I first started writing this blog. She was only 3 years old. […]
Done is Better than Perfect
I’ve committed to writing a blog post a day for the next 90 days, and today I’m feeling the pressure of “perfection” which is not even attainable and it’s given me a major case of writer’s block. I also know that consistency is really important and I’m only on day 3 of writing 90 posts […]