And… they’re off!!! But before they left, I got pictures.  I think they’ve both gotten taller. Being out at the bus stop together was quite a novelty. Rerun, locked down in the stroller, was less amused with the situation. Tad’s bus arrived first (!), and I got him buckled in and waved good-bye. And then […]

Today is the day that Ane will meet her new teacher.  And this teacher is really new.  This will be her first year teaching, according to our cousin the Principal. Sadly, one of the third grade teachers at Ane’s school died suddenly over the summer.  Ane didn’t know him, but she knew of him. And […]

School starts in ONE MORE WEEK. Wow. Summer went fast. And really slowly, too. I got a phone call yesterday from Tad’s new bus driver, who told me what time he would be getting picked up and dropped off.  He’s getting picked up for school at the SAME TIME as Ane!!!  This has never happened […]

Right before the school year ended – and we already knew that Tad wasn’t going to qualify for the extended school year (aka summer school) program, his teacher told me about a summer program at the school that he could do. Because Tad’s (now former) school is always behind in the No Child Left Behind […]