John is a two sport athlete this spring. Not something we really recommend, but we’ve been encouraging him to try baseball for awhile and since he doesn’t want to give up soccer (which his mommy coaches) this was the solution.
In baseball, for which Scotty is the assistant coach, he is on the Phillies. Which is […]
Once again Caitlin’s softball team (West Potomac JV) won by the slaughter rule. These games, of which this was at least the 4th, get a little monotonous. They West Po girls come up to bat and hit and hit and hit. Then they go into the field and make the plays. After a few games […]
I never anticipated that mice would become a reoccurring theme in this blog, but . . .
1. Late one night while Caitlin and Scotty were watching TV a mouse scampered across the floor. Scotty tried to capture it in a trash can while Caitlin screamed from her perch atop the ottoman that it wasn’t working. […]
We met our old Star Island friend Eliot and his family at the new Nationals Stadium Wednesday night. The weather couldn’t have been better - a soft mild spring evening of the perfect temperature. The food was good, the seats comfortable, the entire place very clean, and the crowd cheerful. Too bad the Nationals […]
She’s an amazing, wonderful girl who turned 18 today.
Saturday I was looking forward to the Sunday forecast of scattered showers because our garden and lawn were starting to dry out. Sunday dawned wet, but the scattered showers were interspersed with downpours instead of clouds and by mid-day today we passed the 2 1/2 inch mark. That is just about all we need. Already […]
Apparently the debate couldn’t keep Obama down. The Daily Kos has a great summary of the video clips that have been created around his “brushing them off his shoulders” gesture in a speech the following day. The first is worth listening to not just to see the original gesture and the immediate crowd reaction to […]
Seniors spend most of their 12th grade year wondering where they will really end up the following year. First they have to decide where they want to apply, then see who accepts them, and then weigh options of which offers of aid can be a major factor. We’ve had a long year of wondering and […]
We watched the debate the other night and came away feeling like Obama was being picked on. Apparently much of the press and Louise agree with us. However, I’m not really complaining because I think those were the kind of questions Obama has to deal with in the general election and he needs to learn […]
Caitlin declared at the beginning of the quarter that she was going to get straight “A’s”. And she did. The report card is up on the refrigerator near the perfect math papers she has been putting up there. We have quite a stack of papers marked “Wow”. Every Wednesday when John comes home we search […]