A girl in pink sits across the living room from me. She’s got a big bucket of toys next to her. She’ll play with a toy for a few minutes, throw it to the side, or it will become out of reach as she plays, and she will return to the bucket for another toy. … Continue reading Quarantine Update – We are still here
A croquet (Graham pronounces it crocket) set arrived on our doorstep this weekend. We didn’t order it, which means someone out in the world read the blog and responded. You made us speechless. We are so grateful. I wanted you to know that we put it all together and played. There were lots of oohs … Continue reading Thank you
I wanted to record where we are now and I set out to write a normal blog but I found I couldn’t do it. What I can do is offer this list of thoughts. Grace was made for quarantine life. With toys and us she’s content. She’s enjoying sleeping in until 8 am. I wish … Continue reading Quarantine Update 4.27
We’ve decided to keep Grace at the 6-7 building for an extra year. In doing our due diligence we talked with a lot of people, we met with the 8-9 teacher, we saw the next school, we heard over and over we couldn’t make a bad choice. We also heard (from some of you that … Continue reading Staying Put with a Little Looking Back
Today I went to Scratch cupcakes and got four cupcakes: carrot, chocolate brownie, chocolate peanut butter, and princess. After that I swung by Fareway and bought Cheetos. Tonight, we celebrate Grace’s 14th birthday. She may refuse the cupcake but what matters is that we tried. She hardly ever refuses Cheetos. Today I really let myself … Continue reading 14
