[Reasons #1 and #2 were, respectively, random holidays when school is closed and no Halloween]. The girls brought the following note home from school on Monday, printed in lovely centered flowery font on pink paper: Your children are always in…
People ask me all the time if M&A are alike, or if they are opposites. The answer, of course, is neither. They are different girls. They are similar in some ways, and different in many others, just like most siblings…
Some funny things from today: There is a girl in M&A’s ballet class who has the same name as M. Tonight at dinner, M said, "The other M is bigger than I am." I said, "What color hair does she…
We did many things tonight when I got home from work. We: played with Tinkertoys visited Sesame Workshop on the computer, where the girls are getting proficient with the touchpad and doubleclicking (tonight’s games: Super Grover Makes Rhymes and Big…
It’s very windy here. We are inside, whiling away the afternoon, and are headed over to Addie’s to have pizza in a little while. We just made chocolate chip cookies, so I am subsequently feeling ill from all the dough.…
There seems to have been a Feedblitz glitch: an informal and wholly unscientific poll has revealed that many P&B Feedblitz subscribers did not receive an email notification about yesterday’s post entitled "Thank God for Lisa." So I am re-posting it…
I went to Detroit for a night and came back today. The girls were very interested in my trip – who did I go with, who did I meet with, what do they look like? I told them that I…
M has woken up the past two mornings with sticky eyes and green gunk all over them. I know that oozy eyes can be a symptom of something else, so I took her to the doctor this afternoon after nap.…
We had a very busy night at home when I got home from work! First, the girls informed me that they are going on a trip tomorrow. Only one night, via airplane, to California. I asked them how they were…
The pre-bedtime game that we started a few nights ago has taken on a life of its own. Now, every night before bed, we play the "It’s too bad that… _______ happened today," where _______ is something that didn’t happen.…
