Year: 2011

Bunky (working name) turns out to be a very sweet dog. He has had a good first 24 hours here at our house. He loves to sack out on the couch and cuddle up with whoever is right next to…

Today was a jam-packed, crazy, happy day. Lots of things going on. First, it's Rosh Hashanah. Happy New Year! This morning, we went to the family service, which was fine. This is the last year that the girls go to…

This is classic M. M's teacher does some sort of marketplace in the classroom, where kids can earn money and spend it on things. The money is virtual, but the things are not. I haven't really figured out the whole…

Tonight when I got home, after homework, we had an ONLINE SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA! The ONLINE SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA basically consisted of me loading a bunch of shoe sites and trying to convince the girls that instead of sparkly silver ballet flat…

I haven't done one of these posts in a while. Do I have the mental energy to do it? I'll give it a shot. It has been a very tiring, but fun, weekend. Times M was at bat today: 2…

Highlights of our Saturday: Seeing a few minutes of A&M's ballet class this AM, before they made me go wait OUTSIDE. (Lame.) They looked so cute. Meeting Bunky the little beagle at his foster home. Hopefully Daddy and Nana will…

A few weeks ago, we were at Office Depot buying some things we needed at home. M wanted, desperately, a green dry-erase board we saw there. Daddy and I were in an impatient mood (it was the day before Allie…

I came home from Montana to two really cute things from the girls. One was a little flag that A made for me using some dried purple flowers glued to a piece of paper with a message. The other was…

The girls had a good day. After a good night's sleep, A is feeling better. M had baseball practice and she got a 100 on her spelling pre-test, which means she is excused from spelling tests this week. A did…