Rerun was working on his online music lesson – which was a very practical lesson about identifying instruments – when Thumper came running. Why? Because the trombone demonstrated its sound by playing the Star Wars main theme. Let’s just say that big brother was very happy to let little brother join in for this lesson!

Online school, anyway. The kids are in the final stretch – only a couple more weeks to go! – but the tedium has really begun to pull on us all. And there has been screen burnout, so Tad’s math teacher actually started emailing me worksheets and assigning him math from his workbooks instead of having […]

But Thumper did lose ANOTHER tooth. That bottom left lateral incisor had been loose for a long time, but it was very tightly wedged into position.  It finally got so loose that one good yank (and yell) got it out. That is the fourth tooth Thumper has lost since the lockdown started, if you were […]

Three years ago, Tad took his very first tour of his new middle school.  He was quite nervous, as you can probably tell by his expression. Well, three years later (plus braces and FIVE INCHES OF HEIGHT), he is finishing middle school.  Though not in the way we would prefer, he is definitely moving on […]