A few weeks ago we had our aging house alarm and smoke detectors updated. I had been in the habit of not using the alarm, so I’ve put a big sticky note on the door to remind me to turn it off before we set it off each time we reenter. Even still, the girls…
Yesterday we sent the 5th Grader off on her first overnight class trip. She’s at a camp where they’re learning about archery and canoeing, doing ropes courses, and holding snakes. When I saw “hands-on reptile exploration” on the information sheet I knew then and there that I had made the right call in not signing…
A couple of years ago the Kindergartener, who was 4 at the time, was relaying her version of the Easter story to me. It went like this: “Jesus died. They put him in a tomb. But, he rised!! And, then… he got married.” If Hollywood were writing the script this might be how it played…
Last week during spring break we ventured to Washington D.C. After experiencing Boston last March with temperatures in the single digits, I can’t say it was the coldest we’ve ever been. But, D.C. certainly wasn’t warm. The Spouse and I hadn’t been to the capital in recent years, and the girls had never been. So,…