Here is how V-Day went for everyone in the house. N woke up to a Valentine from us and a box of chocolate. He brought his Valentines (store bought, paper airplane theme) to school and came home with a bag…

Today… did not go as planned. I got a call from Sidwell at 11 that A was feeling dizzy and was in the nurse's office. She was feeling dizzy yesterday too. So I picked her up at school midday and…

It has been a pleasantly busy weekend. Friday we had the Mikhails over along with Mary and her daughter Rachel, who is looking at colleges in DC. It was a fun night. We had dinner here and then the kids…

A's dance show was great tonight! She didn't enjoy it but the rest of us did. And she did a great job. Her choreographed number was the best one! And she got to wear cool camo pants for one dance. …

On top of everything else going on this week, we are trying to deal with a bit of summer camp planning too. As of now, the only thing that has been paid for is one week at the Zoo camp…

The girls are watching SOTU with Daddy and me and we are making fun of everything he is saying. Daddy is pointing out all of he people in the Capitol. N's teacher sent me this email tonight. (It's sad that…

N is obsessed with states and state capitals. One of his favorite things to do is ask me which capital I'd prefer to live in, from a choice of two. Yesterday I told him that we should list all the…

I have a few days to catch up on! I was traveling for work last week and returned Thursday evening. Yesterday, M asked if we could make dumplings, so we did! We made pork and veggie (tofu) dumplings, fried and…