May
17
2011
Alex had her last (probably ever) band concert this evening. Back home, there was no charge to go see your child perform in the school band concerts. Here, it’s steep: $22 for the three of us to see them crammed in the commons area to play. Sadly, this year has been a huge disappointment for [...]
Feb
23
2011
The girls are in the midst of “Winter Break 2″ from school and fortunate to have the entire week off. The big news of the day? SNOW!!!!!! Yes, we got some snow last night that has (so far) actually stuck around this morning. Phoebe has been dying to have snow to play in and she’s [...]
Jan
03
2011
Winter break is officially over as the girls went back to school and Ray headed back to work today. I’m sad that we weren’t able to do much of anything together over the two weeks the girls had off. Beyond the holiday frenzy and a few other factors, illness was at the forefront for pretty [...]