It was a pink and purple and “My Little Pony” day yesterday as Grace turned six. As planned, Twilight Sparkle arrived to take up residence with sister Pinkie Pie. On the two-legged front, cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents joined…
Well, this blog thing is working out great, huh? No updates from April to September. Anyhoo… We had a lot of excitement over the Labor Day weekend as Jason finished the 78th annual Virginia Closed chess tournament with 5 wins…
Well, today the counter clicks over to 11, meaning Jason is officially one year into his second decade, incredible as that seems. After a weekend party with extended family, he spent the day relaxing at home with his birthday loot…
The kids continue to be obsessed with chess, and they’re getting better all the time. This past Monday, they participated in a simultaneous chess demonstration with Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg at the Maggie Walker Governor’s School. There were about 50 kids…
Somehow we’ve turned into a chess household. Jason, Scott and even Grace are playing chess, talking chess, planning chess, reading about chess pretty much all the time. Actually, Jason goes way back with the game; somewhere I have a photo…
Lately I’ve been trying to keep the kids entertained with card tricks. One of them involves making a chosen card appear on demand, and to make it more fun I do it as a “telepathic” trick where the kids are…
Well, here we are. Another year, another embarrassingly long lapse between posts. Just to add insult to injury, I managed to lose a few recent posts during a change of servers, making this place look even more abandoned. But hey,…
Here’s some photos of the kids at “Military Through the Ages” event held in Jamestown, way back in March. It was a pretty cool event, with re-enactors playing the roles of everything from Roman Legionnaires to Medieval knights, Revolutionary War-era…
Pinewood Derby is always a highlight of the scouting year and this time Scott got in on the fun as a Tiger. Luckily we dodged the sibling rivalry as each of them took first place in their respective dens. I…
Sometimes it’s difficult being the only non-genius in the house, especially when you’re also the oldest. Recently Laura took the kids to the Science Museum, which they always enjoy immensely. This time one of the museum staffers was giving a…
