Categories October 2010

P-U-M-P-K-I-N

Tonight, as part of their homework, the girls had to come up with words that start with P-U-M-P-K-I-N. M, as usual, raced through it. A, on the other hand, lingered and stalled, only settling for words that no one else…

Categories October 2010

The Weekend By The Numbers

Ballet classes/rehearsals: 3 Walkathons: 1 (very short one during Sunday School) Hours spent babysitting by very sweet 13 year old on our street: 4 Cupcakes/cookies/sweets ingested by M today: 6 Jigsaw puzzles completed and spread out on the dining room…

Categories October 2010

Finally Friday

It is Friday. What happened this week? Daddy and I were in Rome but are back and are fully ensconsed in work again. A lost her tooth, finally, at school on Thursday. The girls and I did a 300-piece jigsaw…

Categories October 2010

Some Funnies

The girls are making great progress on a 300 piece jigsaw puzzle that I brought home from work yesterday. It's a puzzle from The Hub, the new kids' network. They are doing really well with a hard puzzle!! There is…

Categories October 2010

Picture Day

I returned from Rome yesterday. Had a fun time with Daddy touring around, seeing the sites, having some yummy dinners and lunches, and just enjoying ourselves. While we were gone, the girls had a jam-packed weekend. They had 2 ballet…

Categories October 2010

Pumpkins

We went to the pumpkin festival today, which the girls always enjoy. I have a lot of pics which I will upload tomorrow. We got 6 pumpkins: Daddy: large orange M: two greens Mommy: one orange and one green/orange A:…

Categories October 2010

Bzzzzzzzzz

BUMBLEBEES! How cute is that!? That's what the girls will be in the Nutcracker. They were very excited. They went to a two-hour rehearsal today and at the end, the parts were announced. M&A said the Bumblebees were told that…

Categories October 2010

Our Good Luck Charm

The girls are having a sleepover tonight with their friend Lolly. She is their good luck charm – every time they have a sleepover, either M or A loses a tooth. And tonight… M lost ANOTHER tooth! A has the…