One reason I love that the girls have email is that I can send them emails throughout the day and I get awesome responses when they check their email. Today I sent them a slideshow of downloadable Valentines (even though they…

Things N helped with this weekend: Walking Lucky Watering plants Throwing away dead leaves from the upstairs plants Giving Lucky a bath in N's bathtub Picking out books to read Getting stuff at CVS with Daddy Waking up M&A this morning…

We had a remarkably plan-less day today, with only M's ballet on the calendar. N got a haircut with Daddy and A stayed home all day reading and doing other stuff. The kids put together this huge world puzzle: M…

N had a playdate with Carter after school. Daddy is back from his trip (!) and he went to Shabbat Sing and picked up the boys from school so Carter could come home with us. This is the two of them…

The cup shaped like an orange? It is… A's. It could be M's because she loves orange. It could be N's because it is cool and the kind of impulse buy he might want in the store. But it is…

It's funny to hear your own expressions come back at you from your kids.  Here is a conversation I had with N this morning as I walked him into school: N: I love you so much, Mommy. Me: N, I love hearing…

We are SO PROUD of the girls. It was the Deal Spelling Bee today. They each won their homeroom's spelling bee and moved ahead to the final bee, which was made up of 84 spellers in grades 6-8. How did…

How cute is this? A did an art project with N tonight while Nana took M to ballet – she made little valentines with him with sparkles on them. SO SWEET. And one was for me. Awwww. And tonight when…