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Declan’s language is coming along in leaps and bounds now that his other issues are under control. A few days ago, he named his stuffed monkey, “Monkey Paperwork.”
This week’s biggest new phrase is “I don’t know WHY?!” He says this very dramatically and completely out of the context of whatever else is going on.
Some examples:
“Declan, [...]

This week, KS and I made the decision to ditch CAVA and return to the charter school we were previously enrolled in for 6 years. She’s really missed her friends and classes, and we both missed our advisor, who’d become a member of our family after all these years! I also missed the support of [...]

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This is one of my favorite Boston photos. My 6 year old son is single handing the little 14 foot Mercury sailboat that he and Gene rented from Boston’s Community Boating.He’s grown up around sailboats, and is quite comfortable with the tiller in one hand and the main sheet in the other. [...]

My in-laws have asked to take the girls to Belize in August with the Oceanic Society to study dolphins, manatees and howler monkeys. We’re still in the planning stages, but this is such a neat opportunity for them, so I’m really hoping all the details will work out!

A couple of Boston pics from our visit to the duck statues in the Public Garden that were inspired by the book Make Way For Ducklings. Declan refused to sit on any other duck than this one…

Here’s a thumbnail. Click for the larger photo. I need to upload these to Flickr at some point.

We started school this week, and I’m already ready for next summer’s vacation!
Declan is a handful. He’s completely forgotten our school day routine, and just doesn’t understand why the older kids can’t play with him all the time. He’s also at the age where he was no interest in his toys, and only wants whatever [...]

This morning, we drove down to CSU East Bay. KS received a state award with high honors from Johns Hopkins University – Center for Talented Youth. She was among the highest scoring students in California. It was neat for her to meet the other kids, and we enjoyed chatting with some of the families. It [...]

My mother sent a stack of photos this morning…
Here is KS in my cousin’s garden in Whickham:

KS’s visit to Newcastle Keep – http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/keep/keep_index.htm

Here’s one of KS and my dad outside the Keep:

KS left this morning for England. She’ll be gone for nearly three weeks. In addition to visiting family, my parents are taking her down to London for 3 days, because she really wants to see the British Museum. Yesterday afternoon, I caught her browsing the museum website and making lists of the things she planned [...]

KS created her first movie. Not bad for a 10 year old!