Categories November 2008

Warmer and Colder

M&A have been fighting a lot lately over things like who gets to be first getting in/out of the bathtub, who gets into the car first, who gets to go first up the stairs, etc. It is very tiresome and…

Categories November 2008

Early To Bed

Fun day at home – saw a lot of the girls. I took them to school and picked them up, was home most of the afternoon, and had a lovely evening with them too. M told me today that at…

Categories November 2008

Bickering

Lately, the girls have been fighting over things more than they used to. "She had this first," "I wanted to sit there," "She won’t let me have that marker," etc. etc. etc. It’s very draining. We’re working on sharing, but…

Categories November 2008

A Momentous Election

First of all – oh happy day!!! Obama won! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! Hope is restored. In other election news, Apple won over Banana, 25-16. Finally, here are some more photos from the weekend. Tequila came to our hotel to see Buppie and…

Categories November 2008

Election Day

The girls had a double lesson in democracy today. First, they came with me to vote this morning. I did a paper ballot (electronic line was too long) and had to fill in the narrow line to designate my choice.…

Categories November 2008

Weddings

Toward the end of Darrrah’s wedding, M turned to me and said, "When I get married, I want it to be right here. In this room. Do you promise me? I will marry Jessica right here." Then tonight, we were…

Back From Darrah’s Wedding

We are home! We had a great weekend in Brooklyn celebrating Darrah and Jason’s wedding. I will put some photos up here as soon as I can. The girls were beautiful flower girls and the weekend was a ton of…

Categories October 2008

M’s Memory

I often say that M has an amazing memory. Here are two things she remembered recently. FIrst, when we auditioned the babysitter on Monday night, she had a raincoat on. M looked at her, saw what she had on under…