M likes to type notes from my Blackberry to various members of her family, as many of you know from being recipients of "From Maddie"-titled emails from my email address. Her emails usually consist of the following: Maddie Alexa Daddy…
It was a snow day today, so the girls were inside almost the whole day. They came outside this morning and helped us "shovel" and get the snow off the cars. Then they got cold, and that was that for playing…
We had a very busy weekend. A lot of time was spent furniture shopping, which the girls do not love. Much whining, especially today. But it was productive and we hope to have some new living room stuff in place soon. It…
It's Friday night… just got paid. Except that I won't be out partying tonight. It was Errand Day today – lots and lots of errands and parking and in and out and credit card and toting bags in the house.…
Today at lunch I was talking to some friends at work about the movies we all liked as kids. We got on the subject of the girls' movie-viewing preferences. Here are the movies that we have walked out of in the…
We've had some Tough Lessons this week. First, yesterday, I had to have a talk with the girls about being slow in the morning. I told them that if they are slow getting ready, then they will be late for…
We have gotten two exciting things in the mail this week. Yesterday, we got a note from a soldier in Afghanistan thanking us for the care package we sent last month. And today, this came in the mail from Amazon: …
I have a bunch of things to talk about on the blog tonight. Today was Show, Tell and Share day at school. M brought her ballet slippers and A brought a very fragile porcelain doll that Imogene gave her. She…
Today we went to see Emily in her high school production of "The Music Man". She was great! The girls loved seeing her on stage, in various costumes. Throughout the production, M kept saying, "I love Emily so much! She's…
Girls had a busy Friday today. School, then Shabbat Sing, and then a spaghetti lunch at school. After school, one of their classmates came over for a playdate. He's a sweet kid. They played a few board games (Snail Pace…
