Despite several conversations with Tad’s case manager, and going to the school administrators with some schedule change ideas, we’ve had no luck so far in getting Tad into any kind of art class. Tad himself was disappointed to not be going to school with a pencil box for all his crayons and colored pencils this […]

I know I do this every year, but the kids just keep growing. Here is Ane on her first day of preschool (age 3 and 3/4) And here she was yesterday (age 13 and 3/4). Here is Tad on his first day of preschool (age 3). And here he was on Wednesday (age 12). Here […]

Yesterday, she was leading the younger grades around.  TODAY, she goes to class herself. And yes, she’s getting absurdly tall to be standing on the hearth for these pictures, but it’s tradition – plus you can really get a sense of how tall she has gotten. The dress is courtesy of Auntie’s best friend JZ. […]

Here is our big sixth grader, headed off to middle school! Tad would be much happier to be going back to his beloved elementary school – I caught him poring over last year’s yearbook this morning – and attending 6th grade there.  But this is the big year of the junior highs becoming middle schools, […]