So, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a little boy who went to his first day of preschool.  He decided he didn’t like it.  So he and another little boy climbed a fence and left.  They were found by a complete stranger some blocks away, and the stranger kindly […]

We are about to have a nice stretch of sunny days around here.  I can hardly believe that summer – and summer vacation – are right around the corner.  But it’s June, so here we go! The end of the school year is coming.  Ane will be finishing 4th grade, and Tad will be finishing […]

Yesterday was the last “regular” meet before the Junior Olympics (in 2 weeks), and this time I got to go watch Ane! She ran the 50 yard dash (she needs to not turn to look and see where everyone else is at), and she substituted in again in a relay race.  She also did the […]

Ane had such a good time running in cross-country this last fall that she decided to run track this spring. Plus all the meets (except the final) are on Tuesdays, which is Grandma’s day off, which means we can “borrow” Grandma to help out with the logistics. Unlike cross-country, though, only the top three finishers […]