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Vacation and Busy
A lot has been going on. We took a trip to Fort Myers Beach for April break. We got a room overlooking the beach. It seemed like an extravagance but except for meals and souvenirs we didn’t re...
Track and Field Events
Aaron is participating in outdoor track. He had his first meet this weekend. He ran in the 800 and 1600, and also did the triple jump. He will be going on the eighth grade class trip to Washin...
Play
We have been having a busy time of it lately. Kayla and Timmy were in the school play the weekend before last, and Kayla’s close friend’s birthday was this past weekend. My birthday was last we...
Winter Update
After much rehearsal, hard work, and a few tears, the high school play is this weekend. They are doing “Footloose.” Kayla is playing a high school student, and Timmy is playing a church member....
New Years Eve
Happy New Year as we welcome 2019. This year my birthday (March 19th) and the year will match. It sounds silly but I have waited four decades, and I intend to enjoy it. Aarón will have the same...
Musical and Weekend
Timmy and Kayla are going to be in the school musical in March. This past week they had auditions. They had a lot of preparation to do, and they have been quite busy over the past two weeks. This...
Christmas Tree and School Update
We took home our Christmas tree this afternoon. The place we bought it is a parking lot most of the year. We found a really cute tree that is about six feet tall. The guy who works there was t...
Fall Update
Apologies for the scarcity of updates and notes lately. Overall we have been having a pleasant fall. Timmy and Kayla took the PSATs. They will take the SATs in the spring and again next fall. ...
First Month of School
The first month of school is now finished. The kids have a three day weekend and will go back to school tomorrow. Kayla and Timmy are taking Advanced English, AP American History, Pre-Calculus,...
First Day of School
Today was the first day of school. Timmy and Kayla are eleventh graders and Aaron is an eighth grader. The twins will only have one more first day of school for the K-12 years. This is Aaron’s...
Labor Day Weekend
School starts on Thursday. At this point it seems like they are the only kids in North America who have not gone back to school, ha ha. Kayla and Timmy will have a long school year. They will ...
Final Week of Vacation
I hope I was not too alarming in my previous entry. I have seen nothing out of the ordinary, and I think I had walked farther than I realized that day. It would be easy to do in Manhattan. We ar...
Summer Recap
The kids start school a week from Thursday. Kayla and Timmy will be eleventh graders and Aaron will be an eighth grader. We did some traveling during the second half of summer. For the past sev...
Summer Update
So far we have been having a mostly lazy summer. Work has been slow, which has added to the lazy summer feel. I had some good size paychecks in the spring, which have been paying for our summer...
Reunion and Beach
We were out of town for most of this past week. The beginning part of the week we went to a family reunion for my MIL’s family in the Catskills. They rented a huge old house. It had been a cam...
End of School
Kayla and Timmy had their last day of regular classes on Monday. The exam period started on Tuesday. They took the Global Studies exam in early June, when regular classes were still going on. ...
Aaron's Birthday and Trip
Aaron had his 13th birthday on Saturday, May 19th. That Friday night we had a special birthday dinner for him. He wanted French Toast and eggs(!!??) He opened his presents from our family. He...
Sixteenth Birthday Party and Musical
Here we are in June. So much happened in May. It was one of the most full months we have had in a long time. Kayla and Timmy’s sweet sixteen was great. Their birthday was on Friday, May 11th....
Happy Birthday Aaron!
Today is Aaron’s thirteenth birthday. My baby boy is a teenager! He is having some friends over for a sleepover tonight. They are already talking about all the X Box games they will play. We ha...
Sweet Sixteen
Today is Kayla and Timmy’s sixteenth birthday. I remember carrying them in the twin backpack. We read lots of stories. I remember their first day of pre-K. Now they are high school sophomores...
Happy May!
Happy May! I want to thank the new people running PB for keeping this site going. I would have really missed PB if it went away. Also thank you to Simple Mind for five years of running PB. M...
Very Sad
I am so sorry to learn prosebox is going away! We did have five good years. I have heard of my diary.com and I got an email from Bruce at OD. Have not checked that out yet.
January Update
The past month has been busy. Kayla and Timmy have been going to after school tutoring to help with their homework. The group meets two days a week. It has helped them to get a better understa...
New Year's Eve and Fall Update
Here we are on New Year’s Eve in the Eastern Time Zone. I will catch up on some of this fall’s happenings. Kayla and Timmy are now in tenth grade. I think they are better adjusted this year, a...
Yuletide
I wanted to wish a Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate. I am going to try to update here more. Have not totally felt like myself over the past few months for a variety of reasons. I am ...
