Today was one of those days. M woke up at 4 AM and ended up in my bed, I am not sure how. A woke up at 6 AM and cried because she didn't know where M was. A came…

A colleague at work gave me two awesome sets of art supplies (markers, crayons, pencils, watercolors, oil pastels, etc.). The girls started playing with them as soon as I got home from work. Here is a picture of them using…

I think sometimes the P&B blog makes it sound like things are always lightness and joy here in our house. And while that is sometimes the case, no one in this house is perfect, and we have plenty of days…

Here are some of the things we did since I blogged last Thursday: Became "junior flu flighters" by getting Flu Mist at the doctor's office. Had a playdate with Abigail. Went to the family service for Rosh Hashanah and saw…

Ah – the end of the school week. (There's no school tomorrow for a professional day). I will take the girls for flu shots and some school shopping, and then they have a playdate with their friend Abigail. Tonight we…

Tonight I told the girls that I would read them four books. (We usually read two). M was in the midst of coloring, so I told her she could keep coloring upstairs on my bed while A and I read…

So here is the report from last night. The Tooth Fairy left $5 for M, and $1 for A. The girls seemed happy with their rewards when they woke up. At that time, A said to M, "Your mouth looks…

Exciting news! M's bottom tooth, which was loose, has come out! It happened a few minutes before I got home from work. Imogene was drying off M, and the towel must have caught on her tooth, because a second later,…

We had a very busy weekend with lots of activities for M&A. Ballet Saturday morning -w hich ran 15 minutes over and was supposedly "not too hard" this week. Kennedy Center Multicultural Festival after ballet – which was just OK.…

Today I picked the girls up at school and told them that I had a number of surprises. They were: balloons within balloons from Trader Joe's new library books, including Tabitha's Terrifically Tough Tooth in honor of M's wiggly tooth…