Two examples of the kids repeating things they learned from their grandparents: Yesterday A was giving a piano lesson to Bella, and she said that she learned from Grandma Sandy that whenever there is a beat of three notes (3/4…

Weekend wrapup: N had a great baseball game yesterday. They had a rematch with the Sidwell team that beat them 2 weeks ago (which wasn't fair bc they didn't get to play the bottom of the inning), and they won…

Tonight, N fell into the pool. He was going outside to go in the trampoline (we play catch every night with bouncy balls with him in the trampoline and me outside) and somehow he fell in. I was in the…

Today, I was reunited with Paul, my hairdresser, after 15 months. He has been cutting my hair since 2001, and I was really happy to see him. Plus he gave me a good haircut and color, my first in the…

Today was Mother's Day! We celebrated with a fun dinner at Surfside with Grandma Sandy. We forgot to take a pic of the moms, but she took one of the kids. The kids made adorable cards for both of us.…

It has been a two day celebration of the girls' 17th birthday! Yesterday, they woke up to the customary breakfast in bed. Dad made pancakes in the shape of "1 7" and served them on a tray, with fresh coffee/hot…

Last night, I went to the Nats game with Grampy, Nate and Cole. It wasn't the best game, but we still had a good time. Cole especially really enjoyed it – the baseball, the commentary from N, the food, all…

Daddy and N went to the Nats game today. They caught a good one! Complete game by Max, 3-1 (was a shutout til the second out of the 9th). It was very hot but they had a good time. Here…