2011 Photo365

The most astonishing thing happened on this bike trip. We ended up biking between 12 and 13 miles, making this Sam’s longest trip yet. She fell three times. Grand-mÃ¨re fell one time. AC also fell one time and scratched his leg up pretty badly (he was hurtling down one of the many dirt off-road side trails at the …

16 September 2011 Car Fixed, Heading South

Sep 19, 2011

15 September 2011 Sigh

Sep 15, 2011

I guess we might not be leaving town tomorrow after all (to bicycle the New River Trail in southern Virginia). Our brand new car battery died out of the blue this afternoon, in exactly the same way as the previous battery died. Out of the blue. And like last time, we failed at getting it to jump start. Thankfully, …

14 September 2011 First Day at the Ballet School

Sep 14, 2011

Today was Sam’s first class at the Ballet School in the pre-primary level. This school was recommended over and over to us, and I liked that they follow the Royal Academy of Ballet syllabus, which is what Sam had been doing in the UK. The only problem was that the Ballet School requires, absolutely requires girls with …