NB

All day faculty retreat yesterday. Note to self. Next year, hire actors to play our parts. We are that predictable.

Pictures from England

Cousin Harry riding his big dog.

Sam holding a crayfish catch.

Rachel's house through the trees from across the river.

Catherine on a train.

the floor

Serious work on the floor is continuing. Two weekends ago we rented a floor stripping machine and removed all the linoleum tile and remaining grout from the kitchen floor. Today we are going to lay new floor.

Half way through the first week of school. Transition to high school seems to be going pretty well although we are all to imagine the unfortunateness of having the guy you think is cute in only one class, and that class is chemistry, and you have to wear goggles....

Sam has a math teacher that is making my heart sing. Not only does he not yell at the students and eat popcorn during class (last year's nightmare) but he actually corrects their homework himself and talks to them about where they went wrong. I know this sounds like common sense, but let me tell you people, there is a lot of correcting each other's work in middle school here.