Jennifer Briggs

Sarah is now officially a 7th grader. Due to the heat she had dress-down days instead of uniform days. She started school on Thursday, riding the bus to and from as she did in the past. You must be thinking that I received bus information in the mail as promised. Ah, but no. Still nothing,… Read more »

Amy is a 5th grader! She has absolutely loved every day of school and is eagerly looking forward to a full week of school. For her first day it rained all day, but she happily donned her new Frozen rainboots and carried her pink cat umbrella. Sarah had her first hour of 7th-grade Anna Mouse… Read more »

This past week was super wonderful for the kids. They attended Camp Anna’s Place every day. Each night I helped them pack their lunch for the following day. I was still chopping the fruits and veggies and putting them in small containers, but Amy made her own sandwiches and sometimes made my lunch too! I… Read more »

We received from Anna the most perfectly Amy-ish and Sarah-ish chairs ever. The chairs are custom-made and if you want to commission a chair as I did, just let me know and I’ll put you in touch with Anna. You need to be able to do a local pick-up. Amy’s chair is all about cats,… Read more »

Two updates diverged in the woods…Some weeks I easily see everything with a glow. Other weeks, not so much. This past week has been a mix so I feel like I could write two very different updates. Here they are one right after the other. The rough parts first. As I drove home from work… Read more »

It is not to be sneezed at that both children easily opted for showers of their own volition last Sunday when we returned from our week away. Sarah used to resist showers at all costs, but somehow over the past year she shifted into (mostly) easily taking showers at home. She still won’t shower elsewhere,… Read more »

We are in the final hours of driving home after a week in the Philadelphia area seeing Grammy and Granddad, two uncles, Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop, many cousins, and Grandma and Grandpa! Grandma and Grandpa just happened to be traveling through Philly at the same exact time we were having an outdoor dinner with Carl’s cousin… Read more »

For the first time in Amy’s life, we took her to see fireworks. We hadn’t realized she hadn’t ever really seen them up close. She was in awe of the beauty but needed to cover her ears because she hated how loud they were. Towards the end she was in tears about the noise so… Read more »

This week has been packed with good things and with incomprehensible loss. First, the good things. Magic camp started. Luckily Amy’s new broom arrived in time. Magic camp is with Anna at our house. On day one, Sarah and Amy flew on their brooms to get there, and Anna arrived wearing a magic hat and… Read more »

Olivia is our cat and today is her birthday. We selected the day to be close to Carl’s birthday to help us remember the date. I think Amy is the only one to think of it, as Olivia is her nearest and dearest Cat Best Friend Furever (CBFF). Last night Amy made a card for… Read more »