Here are Ane and Tad’s first days of first grade – the age that Rerun is now. Ane: (Ane looks tall in this picture, but thanks to her December birthday, she was only a few months away from turning seven.) Tad: (It should be noted that Tad repeated first grade, so the picture above was […]

The reports back from the first day of school were quite positive! I got a handwritten note from Rerun’s teacher, assuring me that “overall” he’d had a good day.  She did detail a couple of moments where he needed to “take a break” back in the special ed room.  Apparently one of them resulted from […]

Well, I had to wait until they were all off – and that took about an hour and a half.  Longer, because Tad’s bus was late. First, Ane!  Seventh grade! Thumper missed the memo about it not being his first day of school for another two weeks, and tried photobombing his sister. Silly boy.

Ane needed a new lunchbox. She has been using her previous one for the last three or four years, and while it’s still structurally in good shape, it does show its wear.  And it is pink and flowery and maybe doesn’t say “I am in 7th grade.” So, we got her a new one. I’m […]