Categories August 2008

Butterfly Garden

We went to the butterfly garden today. It was lovely – thousands of butterflies in a large greenhouse flying all around us. Then we explored the gardens around the greenhouse, which was also a lot of fun. M took a…

Categories August 2008

Tooth Fairy

Thanks to a library book that we’ve been reading – Tabitha’s Terrifically Tough Tooth – the girls have become very interested in the tooth fairy. They’ve been asking a lot of questions – how does she get in the house…

Categories August 2008

Short Post Tonight

I was on a business trip to NJ today (up and back – a long day) and it was such a treat to come home to the girls’ smiling faces. What cuties. Both of them were wearing my t-shirts, and…

Categories August 2008

Eat, Swim, Sleep

We had a very busy Saturday. Girls got up early and we had to ply them with television to keep them from going to wake up Grandma Dina and Grandpa Ron before 9 AM. Then they played upstairs for a…

Categories August 2008

Friday Haikus

The last day of camp Shabbat snacks, easel painting Still didn’t eat lunch ______ M joined me for walk Endless questions and chatter Could not be cuter ______ Dinner at Buppie’s A ate well, M not so much ‘Til brownies…

Book Reading

Tonight after work we went to a book signing at Politics and Prose. We didn’t have a babysitter so we brought M&A with us. While the reading was going on upstairs, Daddy hung out with the girls downstairs in the…

Cousin Baby

Tonight, we were talking about Imogene’s son Tyler, who is off at college. M said, "I am excited to go to college, so that I can learn a lot of things." But then the girls remembered that Tyler does not…