I'm back! I was out of town at a conference the last few days, but am back in DC and very happy to see everyone. Daddy had a stressful few days here while I was gone, with some delayed openings,…

Our weekend of confinement continues! The snow has stopped, but we're not plowed out yet. Daddy took things into his own hands and plowed part of the street so that he can get his car out tomorrow. Hopefully a real…

So, it snowed a lot today! In fact it just stopped. I am looking at the deck and there is an enormous pile of snow on the table and the grill. Probably three feet on each. It's a lot of…

If you're M&A, you've had a good day. Sleep til noon, wake up and watch kids' baking competition shows on TV, get dressed only when your mom harasses you, eat a bagel, read, practice the piano, watch more baking competition…

Tonight we went to Parents Night at Deal, where we got to read the students' monster stories told from the perspective of the monsters. A wrote a story about Unferth and A wrote a story about Firedrake, both from Beowulf.…

We had an inch of snow tonight and it completely paralyzed the city. Fun. It took Daddy 2 hours to get home from work.  M had a gimp disaster and N bit his lip and wouldn't take the paper towel…

Tonight N found a clock in one of our cabinets and decided he wanted to bring it upstairs. He asked me to put a battery in it, and then as he headed upstairs, he said, "Now I have two clocks.…

Today we decided it was time for a little culture, and we went to the newly reopened Renwick Gallery downtown. The lines were crazy, but we saw some very cool large installations. It's hard to explain what the exhibits look…

We're having a busy but productive long weekend. Here's what we've done so far: Attended Julius Camper's bar mitzvah. It was fun to see another havdalah service and start thinking about what M&A's is going to be like! Here is…

Today I was Shabbat Parent in N's class. I read the book Home, which the kids seemed to like. N passed out cookies to everyone and seemed very excited that I was there. His class is so sweet. Very calm, sweet…