(N gave me the title for tonight's post.) Whew. It has been a long day! But I want to make sure to memorialize what we did in LA before the rest of the trip continues. So here goes. Our trip…

We have had a good time in LA on the first leg of our California Christmas Tour. The trip started out a bit rocky when A got the flu the day we left. Poor girl. The flight out was pretty…

We leave tomorrow for CA – exciting! A lot to do between now and then… still need to pack and get the house cleaned up and prepare for tomorrow and it's 12:44 AM. UGH. We celebrated Hanukah tonight since we're…

Somehow, we made it through the week and have reached Christmas vacation. Phew. The girls are celebrating by having a lot of people over. A has Charlotte over tonight (and went to a gingerbread house decorating party at South's house…

We are limping to the finish line here, folks. This week has been insane – tons of major schoolwork for the girls, a work trip to Minneapolis overnight for me, very cold weather, lots and lots of wrapping and preparing…

This weekend was the perfect storm. So much happening, all compressed into a 24-hour period. It went like this: Friday: Bootcamp Holiday Party here – 40+ people here drinking and eating. A lot of fun.M went to see Fata at…

In past years, we've made homemade holiday gifts for the kids' teachers, Imogene, etc. that were soup mixes in Mason jars. This year I mixed it up a little and we made cookie mixes instead. The recipients just have to…

Cole's mother sent me some photos she took of the boys last night at Brookside. Does it look like they were having fun or what?

A lot happened this weekend. A had a dance on Saturday night, which was supposedly lame, but dinner beforehand and hanging out afterwards were fun. She hasn't sent me the pics of her with her friends yet but here is…

N and I decided tonight that there are some benefits to winter: -no sunscreen-no mosquitos-fewer thunderstorms-Christmas lights-winter holidays-hockey-the Winter Meetings-Nutcracker-cookie season-hot chocolate-snow can be fun Tonight was Math Night at RHES. For an hour, we went from classroom to classroom…