Texas

First day of school. 8th grade, 4th grade, kindergarten, and pre-k 3.  

Z was Raja in an Aladdin production through her dance studio @pasgeorgetown this evening and she did such a great job. I loved watching her. She took a year off dance and is getting back into it and you’d barely know she took any time off, plus she had a big smile on her face…

Today Chris and I have been married for 15 years. We’re celebrating with our first weekend away from children while my mom watches all four girls. We rented an old Victorian from the 1800s near the coast in Galveston, Texas and spent the day at a spa, eating delicious food, walking the beach under the…

Multitasking between performances at this weekend’s dance competition. Image Alt: open laptop showing the Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker website in the foreground and an empty stage in a crowded auditorium.  

We had a cold snap and yesterday we had to get all bundled up for Zara’s soccer game. It was 30 degrees and, despite these pictures, Vivi’s patience for being out there did not last long. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 80 degrees and we’re really looking forward to warmth again. By the way, my…

Yesterday we got our first taste of summer. It was warm enough that we got out the sprinkler in the afternoon. I worked most of the day but had a nice break for a couple hours in the afternoon during which I sat outside listening to music and watching the 4 of them dance in…

The best thing about having a king sized bed is having space for cuddle bugs.  

Walking around the neighborhood with Z and I’m reliving my first experience with entrepreneurship: @girlscouts cookie sales. My mom was our troop leader (all the way through Juniors) and I remember our garage piled high with boxes and boxes of cookies. It’s fun watching Z try her hand at sales. She is fearless and no…

Looking at birth story books with my two littles. I made shutterfly books about all of their births and they are a perennial favorite read in our house. I even catch the big girls reading their books sometimes.  

Today, we were invited to the girl’s school to take part in a thank you ceremony for State Representative Terry Wilson. He has been advocating for charter schools and charter school funding, so the school presented him with a plaque. Today, Nora shined. Her artwork was the artwork selected out of all the student submissions…