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With about two weeks to go until we leave this house, there are many, many things I ought to be doing. I am neither a…
Now that the boys are home again, it’s clear there are certain things I forgot in their absence. Thing number one: NEVER employ the smell…
Bennett came home from camp one night this week — well, one morning actually. M met his delayed flight at two am. (Flying west during…
I’m sure all boys don’t come home from camp with a few sticks of melted butter (an award, I gather) and nine wasp bites, but…
M says I am a self-hating American because I have generally insisted that the one rule we must follow on July 4th is to leave…
It’s perfectly stunning here. So much so, that we had no choice but to scoop up the girls this morning and head to the pool.…
While the boys are off at camp (more on that, later), M and I spent a few days in NYC. While there, we headed to…
I’ve been feeling somewhat guilty all week because I’ve been reading Facebook posts of friends pining for the children away at summer camp and well….…
When we first moved to town the boys had a preschool teacher who would regularly send home all their creations with a note attached: Parents,…
I can’t call it a coincidence because I know better, but Bennett leaves for sleep-away camp in a couple of hours and I’ve been doubled…