Off to Florida

Tomorrow, we leave for Florida for a few days. M, A and I are joining Daddy for a conference he’s attending there. We’re staying at a conference center that also has an animal reserve – should be fun! Hopefully there…

Red Jello!!

When I walked in the door from work tonight, M came upstairs from the basement and was very excited. She said, "Mommy, come here! Look at this. I need to show you something." She walked to the fridge and said,…

Categories September 2007

Apples Apples Everywhere

Sunday night. Busy weekend. Today we went apple picking. We met up with Sarah/Hannah/Andrew and Amy/Sofia/Virginia, and Aunt Tequila, who is visiting from NY, also joined us and was very helpful with the picking. The girls picked many, many, many…

Categories September 2007

Pair of Witches

I like to sing silly songs to the girls. Usually I take existing songs and change the words. The best part is when the girls sing the song back to me later – they of course think that my words…

Categories September 2007

Fall Cleaning

It’s Friday. This AM I brought the girls to school and thought maybe I’d try curbside dropoff. Like drive-up banking, it’s better in theory than in practice. When the girls realized that I was contemplating NOT walking them in to…

Categories September 2007

One Down, One to Go

So here’s the Halloween update. When I got back from my trip, A still wanted to be an alligator, though she was starting to mention dinosaur more often. M no longer wanted to be a penguin or bunny, but had…

Categories September 2007

Business Trip

I am in Detroit for work for two nights, returning home tomorrow. I miss the girls a lot. Tonight I asked them what pajamas they are wearing – A: purple polka dot; M: flowers and polka dots, pink and purple.…

Categories September 2007

Trike Ride

I am tired. Long but fun day. We saw two sets of baby twins this morning – one set who was having a joint bris/naming (talk about stressful for the parents) and one set who was born very premature in…