Serendib Kids

Anand is fifteen. He’s pretty great.

Hoco pics, daughter-approved. I think I did pretty well with Zach’s boutonnière. (Some of you are wondering who is Zach? Zach is Kavi’s hoco date. Nice kid. It’s new.)

We came home from the ACT test in Kankakee, changed into our fancy clothes, gathered a bouquet from the garden (lilies, Russian sage, and achillea), wrote a congratulatory card, and headed off for the Arangetram (bharata natyam graduation two-hour dance performance) of one of Kavi’s best friends from elementary school, Ishani. I’m no expert in

Kavi asked if she could invite friends over after the game. The game did not go well, alas, but the after-game hang was fire. (Also featured an actual fire, with s’mores.)

Still working through the California photo backlog — here’s the college tour at UC Santa Cruz. Kavi stepped out of the car and said, “This is a college??” She was madly in love, and honestly, so was I. Walking to the library along magical bridges through the redwoods? Yes, please. Unfortunately, the university is struggling

Kavi and Lisette’s daughter bonded pretty hard in just a few hours. Kavi really likes kids generally (she does a lot of babysitting, and currently thinks she wants to be a pediatrician), and she had a lot of fun with her ‘mini me’. I admit, it’s comforting to me to know that if Kavi does

Okay, picking up college tour pics. After Occidental, we met my college roommate Margaret Treanor Frey for lunch — we went to her house, ordered delicious Mexican food that I have forgotten all the details of, except that I really liked whatever it was Margaret ordered, so maybe she’ll fill you in on the details

This morning, Kavi got up at some ridiculous hour to head downtown for Senior Sunrise at the beach. Lovely tradition. 🙂

I had a plan for the kids this summer — that I’d spend some time getting them a little more competent at things. I wanted to work on a) cooking, b) sewing, and c) riding a bike (which neither of them can do yet, because they’re exceedingly cautious, which is putting it kindly). So far,

Okay, Macalaster, that’s pretty good. 🙂