Another late night here. I was out at a bootcamp holiday happy hour tonight, and Daddy was working with N on his Culture Box project for school. As a result, we lit the candles late again.  In the Culture Box:…

I would post pics from tonight but they are pretty much the same as last night except a different table and 2 candles instead of 1 in the three menorahs. Good presents tonight! N – a Dalmation Pillow Pet from…

Tonight is the first night of Hanukah! We got a late start because Daddy, the girls and I were downtown at the School Without Walls open house. We returned home around 8:15, made a quick dinner, and then lit the…

All in all it was a fun weekend. M had fun at her bat mitzvah last night, A hung out with Natalie, and today the girls ran Hanukah-related errands with Daddy while N and I went shopping for some food-related…

N had his first basketball class today. He did ok but has a lot to learn!  The girls also took the SSATs again this AM. They said it was harder than the last one. Tonight M went to Lucy Perl's…

Today is N's half birthday, and it is also National Brownie Day, so he and M made brownies today when he got home from school. (Cute!) He also wanted us to sing to him, so after dinner (Oh yes it's…

N has been playing a lot with these 6 little dogs (M's foot is there to show scale). He does all kinds of things with them – sends them home from whatever reality show competition they are in, gives them…

The girls had a shadow day at GDS today. They both liked it a lot, even if the school had forgotten they were coming and didn't have a host ready when we got there. But they found someone quickly and…

Sometimes N talks about himself in the third person and refers to himself as "Little Natey Boy", which is something we sometimes call him. He'll say, "Maybe Little Natey Boy would like a snack" or "If the bathwater is too…

We've had a fun last two nights. Tonight, we went to see Mean Girls in its last performance in Washington. We all liked it a lot – very entertaining and clever and amazing sets. Music, not so great. But definitely…