Dear 3rd Grader, Over the weekend you turned 9 years old. Just as you’re in the middle of our family in terms of birth order, you’re also in the middle of your elementary years now. I’d like for this train to slow down a bit, but since that isn’t going to happen I’ll just have to…
This winter the 4th Grader will turn ten years old, which means I will have been a parent for a decade. It also means that same 4th Grader–my oldest child–is more than halfway to adulthood. I can hardly wrap my mind around that fact. We have lived in the house we are in now for five years….
The 1st Grader keeps losing teeth in dramatic fashion. Earlier this week she lost her sixth one, and she could hardly wait to leave the Tooth Fairy another note. Basically, she thinks they’re pen pals. Last month she wanted to know if the Tooth Fairy had a name, and we determined that she does… Tiffany….
Last weekend the Spouse ran an update on our computer that changed the way all of our photos and videos from the past ten years are stored. At first the change was a little alarming, but now that I’m learning how to sort through them I’m warming up to it. I’m also realizing that while…