Categories October 2008

Apparently It’s Sukkot

When I got home tonight, the girls had constructed a shelter on the white sofa made out of pillows, decorated on top and on the sides with pretty pastel tutus and tiaras. Inside the shelter, Piggy and Bunny and Cousin…

Categories October 2008

Green Pumpkin

We had a very busy fall day. After a short jaunt at the furniture store (bo-ring), we went out to Butler’s to go pumpkin picking. At the pumpkin festival we went down a long slide, went through some mazes, took…

Categories October 2008

Big Girl Beds!

The beds and dresser arrived today! The girls seem very excited and don’t mind that the beds have completely taken over their room. The dragonfly bedding and drapes we ordered haven’t come yet, but the furniture is in and assembled.…

Categories October 2008

Last Night of Tobbler Beds

Beds and dresser are coming tomorrow. I have cleared most of the stuff out of the girls’ room, minus the remaining furniture. They seem excited and unfazed by the change. They aren’t sad yet about the tobbler beds – perhaps…

Categories October 2008

Yom Kippur

Daddy came back yesterday from a whirlwind business trip to Europe. He brought the girls back two miniature replicas of the Eiffel Tower and L’Arc de Triomphe. Tonight, A was swinging the Eiffel Tower around, and said, "Look, this is…

Categories October 2008

Drama

We had a little drama tonight. I was in the girls’ room picking out a book, and they were in my bed getting under my covers to hide from me when I came back in the room. M hit her…