Yesterday was Ben's bar mitzvah! We have had a great time in Seattle celebrating Ben. It was a small, intimate service and reception and we've had a lot of fun seeing the extended family for the first time in a…

Tonight was a big night in our house. We have a new Tiger in our midst. I have only crappy pics but suffice it to say, 7PM was a very exciting minute here and we have great videos of M…

This was a weekend. Lots of social stuff: bootcamp holiday party here on Friday (40+ people); cookie swap today  Illness: A has been sick all weekend and missed her friend holiday dinner – thankfully covid/flu/strep negative M was back in…

Tonight N hosted another riddle/title contest over dinner. Here were the riddles: What speaks with no mouth, hears with no ears and comes alive with the wind? An echo. What doesn't exist but has a name? Nothing. What is the…

N got braces yesterday! They are only on his front 4 teeth and they look pretty cute. He got gold and silver rubber bands on them. He will only have these for 6 months and might be the only braces…

N has been running contests for a couple of weeks. He posts riddles on his door, which we have to guess the answers to, as well as some open ended questions to test our creativity.  There is a complicated scoring…

We celebrated the first night of Hanukah tonight, now that applications (for this week, anyway) are done. We dug into the pile of presents. First night's haul: Blockbuster Video shirt (Dad); box of fidgets/popits (Nate); Hanukah sweater and Nationals hat…

This is a very hectic week for the girls, with today as a deadline for many applications. They will both breathe a sigh of relief when they wake up tomorrow. I had a great, great birthday this week. Very low…