Rerun, if you didn’t know, is a nut about baked goods.  Ice cream and popsicles he will pass on, but mention the word “scone” to him and he usually is right there. Because his mom loves him, and he’s still getting used to this whole kindergarten thing, I made a batch of gingerbread scones as […]

It was time to meet up with Danny and John and go running!  Ane’s school was competing against Danny’s school (which is Tad’s former school) in yesterday’s cross country meet.  So I decided to take Tad out of school a half hour early and take him along to the meet as well. Ane’s group (the […]

And she’s off and running!  Literally. The cross country season has begun at the elementary schools, and the first meet was Tuesday. Ane’s school was technically hosting the meet, but because parking is an unmitigated, unsolvable disaster at her school, the district moved it to a different school and gave her school the hosting duties […]

This year’s homework is shaping up to be interesting. Ane has a normal sixth-grade load, though with the long-term sub she has right now while her teacher is out on maternity leave, it might be a little lighter than usual.  Fortunately, she is feeling much more confident in math.  And her reading homework is now […]