Jammies at the beach… Life is good. Note: I seem to be having issues getting my pictures big enough… working on it. The gorgeous scene that Katherine and I are enjoying this week will surely be motivation for me to fix this problem!
Read moreToday we dropped off Caroline at sleep away camp for ten days. I spent many, many wonderful summers at this very same camp. We have spent many, many long months trying to decide if Caroline was ready for this adventure. Unfortunately, we forgot to think about whether or not I was ready for this adventure. […]
Read moreI’m quite sure there is nothing better in this world than a big sister reading to a little sister during a visit to the library…
Read moreCaroline is going to sleep away camp this Thursday. I am torn between sheer excitement and utter terror. She will be attending the same camp that I went to and loved which was the same camp that my mom went to and loved. Many of the current directors were there when I was. Each time […]
Read moreToday Caroline was examining her DJ 3K bracelet (Derek Jeter 3000 Hits for those of you don’t follow the Yankees quite as closely as we do in this house), when she read about Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation. To quote the foundation’s website: The name “Turn 2” is symbolic of the dramatic double-play made by infielders during […]
Read moreI am that Mom who gives books as gifts. Caroline is starting to complain that each of her friend’s birthday presents must include a book but I am persevering through all the “Mom, no one else does this!!” complaints. I just feel too importantly about it. When the girls were younger, we would give their friends […]
Read moreI am on a mission. A mission to find engaging easy readers. A mission to find easy readers that are actually easy to read. A mission to find easy readers that will actually be read by the children who need them. Many books marketed as easy readers are not only deathly dull but hard to read […]
Read moreEvery so often, I think I have this parenting thing figured out (ha, ha!) and then I have a day like today. Caroline started Track Camp yesterday and seemed to really love it. The girl could run all day long and has done really well in the two 5k races she’s run so track camp […]
Read moreI’ve been loving my summer reading list. So far I have read The Year We Left Home, The Weird Sisters and Life of Pi. All good and worth reading in different ways… Just the other day, my friend who I am reading with asked me why I wanted to create a list. We both read a […]
Read moreFrom… to… in only 8 years. As I always do in birthday posts, I become speechless because all I can find are cliches. Happy Birthday to my baby girl…
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