We had parent-teacher conferences today. I will sum them up in tomorrow's post, but they were very positive. Funny story from Saturday. We were driving to get haircuts and the gas light came on in my car. Me: "Ooh the…
We had a good weekend. Yesterday I took the girls to ballet, then to lunch at Potomac Pizza, and then for haircuts. As the girls and I discussed, Potomac Pizza is halfway between ballet and the haircut place, on the…
My goal for the weekend is to take pictures of lots of the fabulous artwork that has been generated in this house recently, and post it here on the blog. Tonight M said she wanted to sell some of her…
Today was the girls' field trip to Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian to hear an African-American storyteller. Apparently, she was "the best storyteller I have ever heard," according to A. They have done their school projects on African-Americansl. A picked…
When I got home tonight, the girls had made cut-out Statues of Liberty. They are amazing! I don't know where they got the idea from, but they are really creative and so well done. I will take pictures tomorrow –…
I fell asleep at my laptop last night and didn't get a post up before midnight, so I am posting today for yesterday and today. Last night, I dialed Daddy's cell phone # and then handed M the phone. I…
I got back from Houston last night, and it was great to see everyone at home. The girls and Daddy had a busy day yesterday – ballet (for the first time in a month!), then a birthday party for Julia…
Here are some pics that Daddy took this morning of the girls before school. A is wearing pants! Shocking! Don't they look adorable? They are dressed for the Valentine's party. From the pics, it looks so bright and sunny… hard…
I am in Houston for a conference tonight. When I called to check in with the girls, M asked where I was. I told her Texas. She was horrified! She said, "That's where George Bush lives! What if you see…
Today was Jump Rope For Heart. Given that the girls were really looking forward to it, I have not gotten much of a download on how it went. All I know is that A didn't get as much of a…
