I told Bobby about John’s lack of interest in studying for his geography quiz. The quiz covered all the oceans and continents and some mountain ranges and rivers in the US and the location of Richmond.
Uncle Bobby came back with his own quiz for John. I did well partly because I had checked the […]
We’d really looked forward to John’s back-to-school night. Mainly because I wanted to get the spelling homework figured out. I’d been a complete failure at it. Two weeks in a row it came back indicating that I wasn’t signing. Well, last week, we had sent it and I never saw it again so I couldn’t […]
Last spring John left his backpack at the park. We realized it the next morning and searched the park, asked the other moms, and checked the lost and found, but no backpack. Since the backpack was four years old and had a hole in the front pocket it was more a sentimental loss than a […]
Caroline’s fall activity is being manager for the BI football team. She wasn’t sure what this entailed when she signed up, but after having a great experience managing the JV ice hockey team at Westminster she knew it could be fun. The down side is three days a week she’s not home until after 8 […]
When Scotty got home from the den meeting Monday night and reminded me that John needed his new hat and neck kerchief for the meeting on Thursday I had one of those, “What else am I’m completely overlooking” moments that make you worry about keeping up with all the details.
Last spring I was present […]
The common theme running through Caitlin’s Back-to-School night at West Potomac High School was how to use the Blackboard system to monitor what is going on in your child’s classes. Most teachers projected the web site on the screen and explained how all the course materials, all the homework assignments, and various other things are […]
I’m not sure I can make it as a single mom. Scotty is out of town for three days this week and I’m missing him. A LOT. Part of the problem is that this would have been a very busy week anyway. Monday night - cub scout den meeting, Tuesday night – soccer practice and […]
I can now replace my Mark Warner for Governor bumper sticker with a Mark Warner for Senate one. Since he never officially declared for president I never put one of those on.
If the republicans are smart they’ll run Tom Davis against him. Running Gilmore would be fool hardy and an ongoing opportunity to point out […]
Getting to and from Pel Reunion is a huge hassle generally involving driving north and one of us flying home with the kids while the other drives the car south. If we hadn’t missed going out in July we would have skipped it this year because it is so draining. I flew up Friday evening […]
One of the features of Webkinz is kinz cash. Money you can earn by playing games and then spend it on things like outfits or toys for your Webkinz. The girls are very thoughtful about playing the games just so they can provide John with more kinz cash. So devoted are they that they’ll spend […]