It’s back to school today for Ane! It seems that everyone who sort of “knows” her but is guessing at her age thinks that she is going into kindergarten. No, she’s not. She’s putting in another year of preschool. She just talks like a six-year-old with a Princess obsession. She’s really looking forward to going […]

It’s the day after Labor Day, and Auntie is back in school as a freshly-minted sophomore. Sunday night, she baby-sat Ane, Tad, the Brain and Head at Friend and Doc’s house while all the grown-ups (plus Best Babysitter) watched Casino Royale with RiffTrax. Since neither the commentary or the movie are child-appropriate, we had to […]

Last May, Ane and I put together a list of things that she wanted to do this summer. I have actually kept this list in the kitchen since it was made, and decided to check it since I knew that we had just completed a big one off the list. 1) Go to the zoo. […]

It’s hard to believe, but we’ve already started paying Ane’s tuition for this coming school year (her last year in preschool!), and we just got a letter from her new teacher. The teacher is someone I recognize from the school, but don’t know. To get to know each of the kids in the incoming class, […]