Categories February 2009

Wednesday at Home

I was home today, as were the girls all day, as it was a "professional development day" at school. We had two friends over for a playdate – Vivian and Lily. Everyone seemed to have a good time. They were…

Categories February 2009

Q&A with M&A

Here are some questions that M&A answered tonight: Tell me some boring things that grownups talk about. Work, poop, potties, furniture, boring pillows they want to buy, grownup gum, socks, "keep your hands to yourself", trash, other boring things you…

Categories February 2009

Super Bowl Sunday

Fun day with the girls today. Mid-day we went to visit a friend of mine in the hospital who just had a baby, 7 weeks premature. We brought her some preemie clothes from when the girls were just born. Last…

Categories January 2009

Air & Space

Today Daddy took M & A to the Air & Space Museum with Frank and Addie. By all accounts, they had a great time. They saw "To Fly" and also checked out the planes and rockets, and ate astronaut ice…

Categories January 2009

Mommy’s a Party Girl

This morning, I sang some songs to the girls to the tune of "You're a Grand Old Flag"… like this: (To A) "You're my tiny girl, you're my tiny girl… you're the cutest, tiniest girl I know." (We call her Tiny, which…

Categories January 2009

Snow Day #2

President Obama made fun of DC today for canceling school due to ice. Yes, another snow day here in DC. It was icy this morning, but by midday it was nothing but wet sidewalks and above-freezing temperatures. Oh well. Girls…

Categories January 2009

Tuesday, Briefly

Snow day… no school… girls had a playdate with twins Molly and Eve… wanted to play in snow but decided not to when they got home… watched "Wheel of Fortune"… helped me make zucchini pie for Daddy… A helped me…

Categories January 2009

Weekend Report

We had a very busy weekend with the girls. Yesterady, I took them on a bunch of errands which turned out to be pretty fun (in their opinion) – buying a birthday present at the toy store, buying a LOT…

Categories January 2009

Shabbat Mommy

I was Shabbat Mommy today. This means that I went to school at 11 AM, participated in the weekly wine/challah/candle blessings, read the class two books, and went to Shabbat Sing. I also brought a treat for the class –…