We had some friends over for dinner tonight, and the girls were very wound up and excited. They showed off their Halloween costumes and put on tutus and high heels and danced around. We finally got them settled down and…

This morning, A woke up before M did. I needed to get ready for work, so while I took a shower, A sat on my bed and watched "Clifford" on TV. In the meantime, M woke up and started calling…

The girls woke up to a special surprise today – a visit from Aunt Darrah, who was in town from New York for a work event. She came up at 8 AM this morning and spent an hour with the…

Here’s a humbling experience: Try making a recipe from Parenting magazine that basically has two ingredients and is designed for pre-schoolers, and still managing to screw it up. I tried to make this recipe tonight with the girls, which is…

Here are some recent videos of the girls playing in the backyard:

M said some memorable things this weekend. First, I have been complaining that the salon we go to for the girls’ haircuts is a rip-off — $30 for a three year-old’s hair. That means it’s $60 every time I go…

Busy, busy day so far. We’ve already been on three moon bounces. The first one was at gymnastics – the same one the girls have been talking about since Lily’s birthday last spring. The girls were stars at gymnastics today…

[Missed a day there – was in Miami last night.] So M brought Ribbit home tonight. We did her story about Ribbit already (gotta love that – getting the homework out of the way on Friday so that the weekend…

M & A’s class has a new unit they are working on, and as part of it, every few days, one kid in the class brings home a stuffed frog named Ribbit. The kid keeps the frog at home for…

Tonight there was a "book fair" fundraiser for the girls’ school. What that means is that all of the wallets (otherwise known as parents) bring their kids to the local mega-bookstore for a story hour, conducted masterfully by the school’s…