Categories January 2009

Disco Fever

Tonight, the girls put my iPod on shuffle and we did a lot of dancing in the house. Well, I broke off to make peppermint meringue cookies (which they said they wanted to help with), and they just kept dancing.…

Categories January 2009

Daddy’s Camp Friends

Daddy had some friends from camp over tonight. They didn't arrive until after 9 PM, and the girls were very tired beforehand. They wanted so badly to stay up and meet everyone (and undoubtedly to perform and show off their…

Categories January 2009

Budding Artists

The girls have been making a tremendous amount of artwork lately. They love to draw and paint, and they can sit for hours at the white table making picture after picture. This poses an archivistic challenge – how much of…

Categories January 2009

Back to School

The girls returned to school today after a two-week absence. They were very excited to go back, and as we walked though the entrance and the halls this morning, they proudly showed off their new watches to every adult they…

Back In The Saddle

Well, we are officially back. The weekend was a typical DC weekend – a birthday party today (Aidan M. turned 5), a puppet show at the Kennedy Center, lunch at the Hoffmans' yesterday, and the usual slew of errands and meals…

Back from Colorado

We are back from Colorado! We got home on Wednesday night. I just haven't been able to post until now. The trip was a lot of fun. Here's what was good: Getting to spend a lot of time with Greg…

Categories December 2008

Christmas Eve

Here's what we did today: – Visit from Melissa and the little twins. – Nana took girls for manicures. – Haircuts with Paul. We ran into Debbie there! Girls look adorable. – Visit to Pat's house to see tree and…

Categories December 2008

Nutcracker

Tonight we went to see The Nutcracker with Buppie and the girls at Montgomery College. It was a good performance and the girls had fun, once they decided the music wasn't too loud and took their fingers out of their…