We went to Detroit today! We flew up this morning – M, A, Grandma S and me – and came back tonight. It was a long day but a lot of fun. We saw Great-Grandma Gussie and her extended family…

We have a very busy weekend coming up! Tomorrow, we are going to gymnastics in the morning and have plans to see various people throughout the day. Then Christina and Mikey are coming over around dinner to babysit so that…

Tonight M asked me whether food makes me, Mommy, grow. I explained that food helps little girls like M and A grow tall, but that when you reach a certain age, food doesn’t make you tall anymore, it just makes…

We had the open house at the girls’ school today. It wasn’t exactly a resounding success. M was very shy and clingy when we got there, and didn’t seem happy to see her friends from last year (with the exception…

Tomorrow is the open house for M and A’s new class. They will be Leapfrogs, and they will be in school M, W and F mornings. We will meet their new teachers and see their new classroom. Good news: all…

Tonight, the girls spent a lot of time "talking" on the phone to someone alternatively named "Betsy" or "Leeshie". The (one-sided) conversation went something like this: "Hi."… "No, just hanging out." … "No, we’re not going to the park." ……

We are home from the beach. It was a very busy weekend. After one last day of beach and pool, we packed up the car and took a nighttime drive home from NC. We arrived at home at around 1…

Tomorrow we are coming home from the beach. We asked M & A if they are happy or sad to go home. M said she is happy to go home so that she can see our house and our nanny…