We've had a very busy two days! Yesterday was Thanksgiving. We spent most of the day cooking (made: cauliflower with lemon and mustard; brussel sprouts with grapes; sweet potatoes; butternut squash soup; and spicy/sweet nuts). This was in addition to…

Happy day before Thanksgiving! I had the day off today and spent it running a lot of errands. I also made three desserts tonight: pumpkin torte, pumpkin cake, and apple crisp. Thank you to Grandma Sandy who helped with the…

Really looking forward to some time off this week – much needed! And some time at home, cooking and hanging out. Hopefully some reading too. This Friday is a dress rehearsal and Saturday is the first full on-stage performance of…

I am at THE ARC, a lovely theater in Anacostia, where the girls will have their first Nutcracker performance next Saturday. Today, they had a Bumblebee rehearsal, and now an entire Act II rehearsal. I picked them up at school at…

Wow. What a weekend. Here goes… Age of Grampy today: 70! Happy birthday Grampy/Dad!! Weeks that M&A successfully kept a secret from Grampy (his surprise party): 4 Bedtime for the girls last night: 11:30 PM Hours at Nutcracker rehearsal: 5…

Some nights are tougher than others. Tonight M forgot (lost?) her weekly homework; A kept wanting to play my guitar while we were reading; M said she had a terrible day and started crying; both girls called me bossy. Before…

The girls' weekly ballet class is right next to a toy store. We often stop there after class, and M usually hounds me to buy her something (A too, but to a much lesser extent). The last time we were…

The girls had another long rehearsal tonight. Here is what happens when they come out of rehearsal and meet me: A is excited and enthusiastic and tells me how much fun she had; M lets out a veeerrrryyy long moan…

I have a lot of photos to upload – from today's ballet recital and from the girls' Veterans Day performance last Wednesday. I will upload tomorrow – right now I am sitting at Nutcracker rehearsal and it will tax the…

I was in Philly and NY this week, and I am now back at home. Very happy to be home. The girls didn't have school today for Veteran's Day. In the morning, they had a playdate with Hannah. Then, in…