The girls' teacher sent us photos from music class today at school. They are small, but you can see M&A in the front of the class.   Tomorrow is Friday and I am the Shabbat Parent. I am bringing brownies…

Inauguration Day has come and gone, and what a day it was. We all started out early. The girls and Daddy and I watched the swearing-in from the roof of a law firm downtown that overlooks the Capitol. We were…

I haven't posted in a few days because we have been very busy with the Inauguration and lots of people in town. Grandma Dina and Grandpa Ron came on Friday evening, and Darrah and Jason arrived on Saturday. We've been doing…

Tonight when I got home from work I told the girls I needed their help with two projects. I had many bags from Target with me, and I explained to them that we had two things to prepare: 1) a…

We like to watch "Wheel of Fortune" when I get home from work. First, M has to comment on how beautiful Vanna's dress is. Then the girls like to choose who they want to win. Then they like to see if…

Mishmash of stuff today. Today a package came in the mail – the 2009 photo calendars of the girls. I said, "You're going to like what's in here, girls!" M said, eyeing the flat, small package, "Is it the pirate…

As promised, here is some artwork that the girls have done recently. First is a drawing A did of our family:   Next is another drawing by A of people doing gymnastics:   Here is a drawing A did of…

Mondays now have a new significance in the girls' classroom. It is Show, Share and Tell day, in which each kid brings something special from home and tells the class about it. At first, the girls said they wanted to…

Tonight, the girls put my iPod on shuffle and we did a lot of dancing in the house. Well, I broke off to make peppermint meringue cookies (which they said they wanted to help with), and they just kept dancing.…

Daddy had some friends from camp over tonight. They didn't arrive until after 9 PM, and the girls were very tired beforehand. They wanted so badly to stay up and meet everyone (and undoubtedly to perform and show off their…