Friday was the day of my parent-teacher conference with Mrs. V., Ane’s kindergarten teacher. I like Mrs. V. a lot, and I know that Ane really enjoys having her as a teacher. It’s a good combination. And it seems that Mrs. V. likes Ane a lot, too. She had a lot of good things to […]

There is an old Calvin and Hobbes storyline of ages ago, when Calvin is so sick that he doesn’t even care that it’s a Saturday and he’s not missing school to see the doctor – which, of course, tips Mom off to the fact that he is really, really sick. A few days pass, and […]

First, it was Ane. She spiked a fever on Friday night that was bad. 103 degrees bad. And she wasn’t much better Saturday morning. But by Friday night, the Webmaster had already called Nana and Papa, who were planning on visiting on Saturday, and said, “Don’t come.” Saturday came and went. I ran errands and […]

Yesterday, Ane and I had a little quiet time together. We got about an hour and a half between the time when she woke up from her nap and when Tad woke up from his nap. This gave us a good opportunity to chat and work on her math homework. Yes, homework. Not that this […]