Germantown Academy’s Halloween Parade is A.BIG.DEAL.
(Fiona was Cleopatra and Owen was Perseus, holding Medusa’s head)
First Day of School 2010: They’re Outta Here!
10 September 2010
FINALLY, the first day of school.
(This is posted late, because Molly, Spartan and I had a long nap to celebrate no one else being in the house.)
Jack (6th grade), Owen (4th grade), Fiona (K) Read the rest⇒
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Officially “Husband” & “Wife” — Liz & Mike’s Wedding
28 August 2010
Wonderful wedding. Beautiful location. Fabulous people. Full write-up later. For now, click here to see the photos.
Weekend Wrap-Up (LOTS of photos)
17 May 2010
Fiona enjoys the ride down from the top of the wall
Fiona had a great time Saturday at her classmate’s birthday party at the Doylestown Rock Gym. As usual, she was fearless and shot right up the wall.
She seemed to really like working her way up the wall using … Read the rest⇒
Fiona flies through the air & swims like a fish
12 May 2010
For the past six weeks, Fiona’s PreK class at Germantown Academy has been doing swimming lessons twice a week at the GA pool. She’s been VERY lucky to have the legendary Coach Dick Shoulberg and the champion swimmer and Olympian-in-training Fran Crippen as her swim teachers.
In the first session, … Read the rest⇒
Morning Conversation
5 April 2010
Back-to-Back Questions from Fiona
4 April 2010
Fiona in the Mother Goose Show
11 March 2010
Sorry. I don’t have time to make this all fancy and embed the video. Click on the link below to see Fiona’s part in the Pre-K “Mother Goose” play.
ETA: Here’s a photo of Fiona and her class in their costumes. Too cute!!
A Christmas Miracle….
13 December 2009
Owen and Fiona are touching and smiling and NOT fighting. (Photo taken in Philly before the Nutcracker ballet. More to follow later.)
Halloween Parade at Germantown
30 October 2009
The big-deal Halloween parade at Germantown Academy was today. Everyone looked wonderful. The whole school, from pre-K to seniors comes out to the quad and parades around.
The PK teachers were famous GA athletes from the past, the 3rd grade teachers were Phillies “fans,” and the 5th grade teachers were … Read the rest⇒
Coming Soon to a Halloween Party Near You….
25 October 2009
Soccer Girl Fiona
5 October 2009
Fiona is on her first real team!! She’s playing kindergarten soccer at the Solebury Soccer Club.
(We were very hesitant about her being involved in the program after Jack was treated with a complete lack of integrity, but hopefully, those coaches won’t taint the kindergarten program. So far, so … Read the rest⇒
Value of Germantown
10 September 2009
It is worth every penny we pay in tuition if Fiona goes to sleep before 8:00 PM the rest of the year!!
BTW, everyone had a great first day. Fiona said that “lots of different teachers came to our room and told us stuff.” She said one or two kids … Read the rest⇒
First Day of School 2009
10 September 2009
Everyone got up, ate breakfast and got ready with a minimum of fuss.
Jack was worried the whole time that he was going to be late — we weren’t. (There’s a very narrow window between 7:45 and 7:50 AM that is “acceptable” to Jack to … Read the rest⇒
Fiona knows what she’s doing
3 September 2009
We made a big strategic error in August — very few scheduled events. After being so busy in June and July, I thought it would be nice to have a long stretch of down time in August.
WRONG.
We’re all climbing the walls, everyone is grumpy and bored. We’ve played … Read the rest⇒