Categories November 2007

Shopping Extravaganza

It was shopping day here. This morning, I went to Costco. The haul: new PJs and socks, as well as some early Hanukah presents for the girls – Olivia Forms A Band, a HUGE thing of Tinkertoys, and a spelling/puzzle…

Daylight Savings Time

Today was a very long day – Daylight Savings Time added an hour, plus the girls didn’t nap, so it was a long day with a lot of activity. The girls made pancakes in the morning with Daddy, and Buppie…

Happy Halloween!

Today was Halloween. Overall, a big success. (Scary) Clifford and (Scary) Dinosaur had a good evening, hauling in a lot of loot from the ‘hood. We started out with Buppie at a celebration in our neighborhood commercial district. All of…

Mommy’s Patience Tested

Tonight I had a Serious Conversation with the girls. We have a problem that has gotten out of hand. After I put them in bed, they call for me repeatedly (like 8-10 times) for various reasons – A isn’t being…

Monday Musings

Some random thoughts from today: 1. As far as I am concerned, there are two downsides to a Jewish pre-K. The first is that school is often closed for random holidays. The second is the following note that came in…

M Turns the Tables

Whew. What a day. The girls and I hung out and ran errands this morning and went to the playground. Then, after nap, we went to a pumpkin carving party and carved our scary/happy pumpkin. (There was a difference of…

Sparkly Shoes

Busy Saturday. Because the girls went to bed so late, they got up very late – 10:15 AM! Gymnastics at 11:10 – girls did great, as always. After gymnastics we went to Pumpernickel’s for… pizza. Because, Pumpernickel’s, the bagel store,…