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…

Categories October 2008

Marathon Day

Marathon day. First up was Pajama Day at school. The girls were very excited to wear their pajamas to school – M wore the ones that say "Daddy’s Little Chickadee" and A’s were glow-in-the-dark skeleton pajamas. They were especially excited…

Categories October 2008

I’m Tired Already

Here’s what’s on the agenda for tomorrow: 9:15 School dropoff 11:15 Pick M up at school 11:30 M dentist appointment 2:00 M & A flu (non)shot appointment 4:00 Ballet 6:00 Pajama party in Bethesda to raise money for girls’ school…

Categories October 2008

Pumpkin Carving

Today we carved two pumpkins – A’s orange pumpkin and M’s green pumpkin. They turned out great – photos at the end of the post. We also roasted pumpkin seeds, thanks to Christina’s recipe and instructions. The girls had a…

Categories October 2008

Rainy Day

It is a very rainy afternoon. We are sitting on the couch watching "The Little Mermaid". A likes it but M is scared. She has had her hands over her ears for most of the movie. This morning we went…