Back to School with the Bodkins

They can’t cancel a holiday … can they?

With all the madness of recent months, the usual anticipation over the holidays have largely evaded us. Except for our kindergartener.

New house, new school, new friends … oh my!

Our kids are loving school, but we know an abrupt move to a new city by Christmas could wreck it all.

I have a new pen pal, and she’s obsessed with cheetahs

The first letter showed up on my keyboard Wednesday.

We’re moving; our third grader isn’t happy

“It’s your fault,” she told me through tears after a rough day.