On the way to ballet

 

About a year ago -- actually end of February.  Kira and I stopped and got ice cream.  She had just gotten her learner's permit for driving. We were celebrating.

First acceptance

 

Yay!  

University visit

Last Saturday, we went to see a friend and get a tour at one of the schools Nat applied to for next year.  The girls we visited turned 19 on the day we visited.  Super day of birthday fun, sushi (vegan for us), and shopping. 

It rained a lot during our tour.  Despite the rain, a fun day!

Winter Percussion

 
New venture! 

C18

 
I found another picture from graduation this year.  Joey!  I met Joey in 2012 in C18.   Joey became a good friend.  I need to send him an email!

French class

 

Here's Kira in her French Class.  Photo by Nat who came to visit at the tutorial.  They have the same teacher.  

Driving

 

One of the things we worked on this summer.

Hooding

Here I am hooding one of my doctoral students.  He recently sent me this picture.  I love how happy he is! 

Below, I get hooded.  (Just to document it here.)

 

Scratch Cat

 

We love the Scratch cat!  We love Scratch, too.  (More MIT)

Middle school work

 

I thought I had posted these pictures of K's middle school going on a field trip... Well, the organization comes to them and they go into the library.  They learned more about earthquakes, engineering, and materials this day.  

Ballet

At the new studio, once a year, I will get to watch a ballet class of Kira's. They do have performances, but this is class.

Here she is putting on her pointe shoes. Super fun. It's great seeing her learning.

Happy anniversary to us!

 

Sign by Tia.

math quote

 

Nat made this for her 8th grade math class.

Sunday morning homework

 

We were so busy yesterday that I forgot to post.

Here's some of this morning--Kira did some homework. No one asked, she just started working! I'll tell you more about yesterday in just a bit!

Tia flies!

 

The pilots learned of her love of planes and engineering and brought her to the cockpit to help (pre-flight). They were super nice! (This was on our way to see the K____ family up north.)

Learning to ski

One of my favorite shots as they learned to ski.

And a few short hours they are going up the mountain and getting off the lifts!

Learning to ski

The beginning of Day 1. They strap on a gps device to track (and not lose) kids.

About 20 minutes into Day 1.

End of Day 1.

Mapping the creek

 

Here's a shot from our holiday break. The girls decided to map the creek in our neighborhood.  Here they are with their clipboard trying to take notes.

Legos

She spent most of Christmas day building.

Planes!

He's an aeronautical engineer and she loves planes! She had so many questions for him! She got out her planes and asked design questions and history questions. They talked for hours about planes!