This summer’s weather has been crazy.  There’s sun, and then there’s a lot of rain.  Then a little sun, and then a lot of rain. Last Friday, I decided to take the kids to the zoo.  Unfortunately, the heavens then opened up a torrent of rain and tossed in some thunder and lightning to boot. […]

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 […]

Three children in the house.  What am I supposed to do with them all summer? Divide and conquer. Yesterday, Ane spent the morning with her little friend Ella and her baby sister, who are the two sisters whose birthday party she went to earlier this month.  While she was away, Tad had a therapy session […]

Today is the first day of summer vacation, and we have much to do.  And I am pleased to report that, despite the Webmaster’s best efforts to blink through our family picture retakes, we finally had success!  The kids were much more relaxed and better behaved earlier in the morning than post-nap time. But, back […]