Joe had his “Christmas Concert” today at daycare. They sang 8 songs, including one in Mandarin. Joe knew them all, and was enthusiastic. He was so happy that Marny and I were there. It was really cool, I was sorry Read more…
We had a great week of Thanksgiving. So many things to be thankful for. We made our pilgrimage to Uncle Brian’s estate in Fredericksburg, where we ran the 5k amongst other things. Uncle P is the runaway favorite uncle/aunt in Read more…
Izzy has begun to read. It’s pretty cool to watch her progression. It’s really clicked in the last week. She’s able to sound out basic 3 letter words and is starting to recognize certain words. She started really not being Read more…
Izzy and I went to the Panthers v. Texans game last Sunday. I’m not sure how much she liked it, but she did sleep the whole way home and until 7 pm, after which she was awake until about 11 Read more…
Today was Sunday, and after church we went to get some pumpkins. Of course, Izzy picked out the biggest pumpkin there ($23), and Joe picked out one not much smaller ($17). I picked out a yellow one and Anna already Read more…
Joe and I wen to Idlewild park yesterday, and he played with me. Afterwards, there was a guy in the parking lot – Michael – who had a boatload of used discs. Jackpot. I hadn’t bought any discs in a Read more…
I got to go to Izzy’s gymnastics the other night because Joe got sick and couldn’t go in the Y. I’m glad I did because I wanted to see it. That said, I don’t think Izzy’s future is in gymnastics. Read more…
This morning, I dropped Joe off at daycare (that’s our thing now), he asked me for a hug, then one more hug, then he went and started playing in his class. That was a big deal, because we’ve been having Read more…
We went to the mountains with Dan and Nicole for my/Anna’s birthday weekend. And we didn’t take it easy on anyone. First we went to compressions, my favorite place up there, which is a mile hike straight up and straight Read more…
Izzy went to Kindergarten today. Well technically, I’d say we went to her class yesterday for the first time, and that was a production. I’m not worried about Izzy going to school, I’m worried about me and if I can Read more…