In the Before Times, while Margot was at karate I would take Mila and Ryan over to the library. We only had about twenty minutes, and they liked to use the time to play on the computers there. More often than not we left without books. But a week or two before everything shut down, we used our library time… View Post
The thought of homeschooling my kids has always intrigued me but I’ve long assumed it’s not for me. We like supporting our local public school. Our kids are thriving there. I like outsourcing some of the things my children need to learn; it’s good for them to experience how different teachers do things differently even when the end goal is… View Post
Time means nothing anymore. There is so little on our schedule that it’s hard to remember to keep an eye on the clock so we don’t miss the few appointments we do have. Still, we’ve fallen into a sort-of-rhythm that, on weekdays, looks something like this. Usually everyone is awake by 8 AM. Breakfast is up to you; the girls… View Post
The girls were supposed to have a little more than two weeks off school for spring break. When they went back, Ryan was going to start 3-day-a-week preschool. And then, as he likes to say, “Whomp whomp…coronavirus.” Thursday I was at a friend’s house for bunco. Friday Mila and Margot got haircuts. By Friday afternoon I’d decided to cancel our… View Post
I thought for sure having a baby was going to be the biggest thing that would rock our world this year. Ha! Hahahahahahahaha! Oh Jen, you sweet summer child. Now here we are, two months into “shelter in place” or lock down or quarantine or whatever you want to call it, and I’m finally getting around to writing about it…. View Post