On Tuesday, Barbara was named President of her fifth grade class for the next two weeks. Her name was drawn from the five best students in the class.

Madam President in her international situation chair.

Artist: Frankie, Medium: stone found on our walk.

Don’t argue with the roses.

Eight is great!

Barbara went with her entire fourth grade to Mackinac Island, and is staying over one night. Angie went along, and they’re coming home today.

Barbara and her BFF, Halle, outshine Big Mac.

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Softball season is here! Bee & Frankie are both playing this year, so we’re talking lots of practices and lots of games.  Here’s the rundown:

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Angie crosses the finish line

Yay for Angie!  She finished her first Boston Marathon in style, crossing the finish line with a qualifying time for next year with 30 seconds to spare.  Things went downhill shortly after that, but we made it out of Boston and had a wonderful visit with Uncle Ed and Aunt Mary Calabrese in Amherst.

At the old family place in Belchertown

It’s been a long wait, but worth it. Happy Easter everybody!

This one is very popular in our house…

Don’t judge me!