Categories April 2008

Passover I and II

It is 11:30 on Sunday night… Passover weekend. We had the first seder last night with Grandma Dina and Grandpa Ron and Aunt Darrah and Uncle Jason, as well as Frank/Peyton/Addie/Sam and Nancy. M&A did a wonderful job of doing…

Categories April 2008

A Stays Home

A didn’t go to school today! She woke up very congested and coughing and was so unhappy this AM that she started sobbing. I asked her if she wanted to stay home from school and she nodded. So she and…

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A Post About M

The last two posts were about A, so here are some observations about M: M has an amazing memory. I told her Daddy’s cell phone number once, and she remembered it ten minutes later and still does. M loves to…

Categories April 2008

A = Left Brain (II)

More on A’s creativity. Today, we went to the playground after ballet. A went on one of those rocking animal rides and kept saying "Blast off! I am going to outer space!" Then she ran around the playground andsaid that…

Categories April 2008

A = Left Brain

Creative things A has done lately: Using my hand towel this morning, she wrapped it up like a present, then turned it into a puppet show curtain and put it over her head and became a theater. She put her…

Categories April 2008

The Greatest Show on Earth

What. A. Weekend. Birthday parties: 2. Abigail’s – a moonbounce in her backyard, only girls from the class. Lily’s – gymnastics, whole class. Gifts: Abigail: Brown Bear What Do You See board game; Lily: Toobers and Zots. Classes: Gymnastics and…

Categories April 2008

SAHM Friday

Imogene had today off so I was a SAHM. I picked the girls up from school after going to the Shabbat Sing. (The cutest part of the Sing is when they sing Shabbat Shalom – they start out quiet, all…

Categories April 2008

Gearing Up for The Weekend

We have a very busy weekend coming up – two birthday parties, gymnastics, ballet, and… the circus! Tomorrow Imogene has the day off and I am going to take the girls for haircuts and maybe for new sandals. We’ve had…

Categories April 2008

Matzoh Factory

Like many things in life, the anticipation of the matzoh factory trip was better than the real thing. (For me, anyway – I can’t speak for M&A). It was very crowded, and what is billed as a "factory" is really…