Google Calendar has a great new feature I’m finding incredibly handy: SMS reminders. Put an event on your calendar and choose how long before the event you want it to send you a text message. “Where do I set this magnificent feature up?” you might ask. Click on any event on your calendar, and you’ll [...]
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Rachel and the twins made a big room switcheroo this summer. In the month she’s been in Maryland at Dad’s, I’ve repainted and bought new furniture (the dresser and nightstand are new). Well, the paint’s dry, the furniture’s stained, and everything’s moved in. Here are pictures of the finished room. Rachel asked for pale purple [...]
At the honors day awards celebration, Rachel earned recognition for her performance in the Marietta Reads literacy program, the All A & B Honor Roll, and the Reading Award for her class. The picture above shows all of those awards.
This comes from Rachel’s grandmother: Boy is your daughter a chip off the old block–she called me last night to talk and she got really quiet when I asked her a question . . . So I said, “Rach–are you there? . . .” She said, “Yeah, I’m checking my email.” I cracked up!
Last Wednesday, we sat down with Sheryl’s family for the first night Passover seder. Nine year old Rachel and three six year olds were seated on the floor. An adult started off asking the kids all sorts of questions. Most were aimed at the six year old set. After the third kids’ question, Rachel asks, [...]
All six of us at a black tie wedding in New York.
While in Manhattan over the weekend, Sheryl and I took the kids to play in Central Park on our last day. All four of them rode the carousel. I have many more photos in an Ofoto gallery, which I’m happy to share.
Here is Rachel’s Halloween costume idea list. She came up with it while on the phone with her father last night.
