“Mama,” Daniel told me the other day, “I know how to count in Spanish!”“You do?” I was impressed. Who knew Pre-K was so advanced! “Can I hear it?”“Well, I only know ‘three,’” he said. “I think it’s ‘tray-del.’”Read More

It’s the last day of school! I am so very sad to see first grade end. After the excitement of kindergarten last year, first grade—at least from this parent’s perspective—was a breeze.Leo could do his homework in the after-school program. His teacher emailed once a week about the assignments forRead More

“The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.”School’s out for summer:The schools in the Baltimore metropolitan area are almost all closed now for the summer break. The laughter of children is in the air.Today is the last day for my daughter who teaches third grade at Gunpowder ElementaryRead More

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For Father’s Day our sons were so busy not telling their father what his gift was that of course he figured it out. “It’s not an Estes rocket, Baba.””Did he just tell Baba a lie, Mama?”We had to get John an Estes rocket, and when we saw that they made oneRead More

Our sons have decided they are going to open a gas station together. Their only disagreement is over which one of them will get to do the best job in the world—which is, of course, this.I suggested maybe they could take turns.Read More

Because Leo is interested in Garfield comics, I made lasagna for our Sunday dinner. He was excited to eat it, but he mentioned more than once how good it would taste without the meat and cheese.So the next night I took cooked lasagna noodles and a jar of spaghetti sauce,Read More

“You are going to LOVE Inside Out,” my 8-year-old niece told me. “It is the best movie!”So I took her, two of her siblings, and our two sons to see it. Our boys claimed they didn’t like it, but they laughed many times and asked enough questions that I’m notRead More