Rada reads all the time. Yesterday, in the car, she noticed a Dunkin Donuts sign…
R: There is a boy in my group at camp named Duncan. But his last name is not Donuts.
M: Hmm.
R: Graham and I are going to name our first son Duncan.
(Graham is her 5 y.o. fiance)
M: Oh, how nice.
R: And [...]
In action…
coming off the field…
Last week, when I pulled into our usual parking space next to the house and found someone else’s car Rada said, “What the…?”
And yesterday when we unexpectedly came upon a traffic jam on the way home from Judy’s house, Rada said again, “what the…?”
Her turn of phrase certainly summed up my feelings about the situations. [...]
Rada’s soccer team had their last game this past weekend. The weather threatened rain, and throughout the game it was touch and go whether or not the ‘mist’ and ‘fog’ had really turned to ‘drizzle.’ But with raincoats, umbrellas, and sweaty kids who didn’t mind running around in a little mud and mush, the game [...]
“For a long time, it seemed to me that life was about to begin: Real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that [...]
My daughter attended theater camp earlier this spring during April school vacation.
It was a wonderful experience, and she learned alot about music, art, acting, movement, and dance. The product of the week-long camp was a DVD video, which finally arrived last week. The DVD lasts about an hour and is comprised of a series of vignettes containing [...]