The girls and I did a little back to school shopping at the Gap last week. Some highlights (not everything is online): For M:     For A: Cute stuff, huh? Of course it hasn't ben cool enough to wear…

The girls each have an assignment this week to create a timeline about their lives. They are suypposed to pick 10 events and create a timeline in which they describe the event and include a photo or drawing. Tonight we…

The girls had a great first day of school! A likes her teacher, Ms. Shapiro, who is "nice, funny, patient and calm". M's teacher is organized and also nice, but M isn't unhappy about that overall. M rated her day…

So much to report… Where to start? We are back! We had a great end to our vacation in Mexico. We spent some time on an island called Isla de la Mujeres, which is about a 30 minute ferry ride…

Another vacation update, now from the land of free wi-fi. We're in a new hotel now – we moved from the Marriott today to a hotel in a more remote area of Cancun. The new hotel is very nice, and…

We are on day 3 of our vacation in Cancun. It has been a lot of fun so far! The weather has been great – sunny and hot except for some thunderstorms last night and this morning that had cleared…

Tomorrow we are going to Mexico! We can't wait. We're mostly packed, and Lucky has gone off to Laurie's, and the girls are finishing the Teen Choice Awards, which they are enjoying a lot. This was our last day of…

Tonight, I tricked the girls. I told them we were going to Mazza to meet my friend Karen, who is in town from NY. I said that her daughters might be coming too and that we'd go get ice cream.…

The girls are on their way home! Daddy drove up to Lancaster PA to meet them with Grandma Dina and Grandpa Ron, and they did the handoff. Now they are on their way home and will be home in an…

The girls are still at Camp Ron Dee Vous. We are talking to them right now. They played Putt-Putt today with Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma won! They are having a lot of fun and are also excited to come…