This morning I volunteered for Journaling in the girls' class. Their journal entries today were about some seeds that they planted a few weeks ago. Every week they make a new entry in their plant journal and draw what their…
Number of cupcakes made for class birthday celebration: 48 Number needed: 25 Percentage of time that I spent in the Wilson pool with the girls today: 50 (a personal record) Number of ballet classes: 1 Number of birthday parties: 1…
The girls had a successful trip to the White House today. They saw a lot of the special rooms, but sadly no First Family members. A told me that she saw Bo, but I got independent corroboration that they did…
I got home tonight early and told the girls that I wanted to do something special with them. I gave them three options: 1) go to the new cupcake place; 2) do Arts and Crafts Night; or 3) snuggle up…
We had a good morning AND evening with the girls! No tears, minimal bickering, lots of cooperation. What a pleasure! As part of their homework tonight, the girls had to list some words that end in "EN" "ET" or "ED".…
Yesterday, Grandma Sandy and Tequila stopped over after work. Grandma Sandy sent me a bunch of photos, but I saved them on my work laptop, and now I am home on the home laptop, and I can't upload them. Sorry,…
Number of ballet classes, rehearsals, and performances: 3 Number of proud grandparents/parents watching M&A perform: 5 Number of minutes spent performing: 25 Approximate number of minutes videotaped by me: 24 Number of hydrangeas planted in backyard: 2 Number of spices…
This morning I took M to the doctor to get her tick bite checked. Dr. Fink does not think we need to worry because it is not a classic "bullseye" bite, but we are waiting to get the test results…
Today was the girls' make-up ballet class, which they needed to go to because they missed their usual class during their birthday party last weekend. They have a recital on Sunday and needed to be there to learn the program.…
