Nutcracker mania has reached a fever pitch in our house, fueled mostly by A. Going into the holiday season, the girls’ interest in The Nutcracker had waned a bit. Once they learned that we were going to be seeing the…

This morning, I asked M to pick up some hangers and sweaters from the floor, and then hand them to me so I could hang them up. Then I asked her to pick up some magazines that were on the…

Some funny quotes from today. I had my first real guitar lesson today. Afterwards, I said to no one in particular, "I’m never going to be good at the guitar. It’s too hard." A few minutes later, M said to…

Today, I took M for a haircut from Paul, the guy who cuts my hair. This has been an ongoing debate – who should cut their hair? After a recent visit to Nini, at the cute family salon we’ve gone…

Due to a busy morning and a babysitter this afternoon, Mommy hasn’t put the puppet theater together yet. Hopefully tonight. Here are some videos from this fall that I finally uploaded last night. This is from October – it’s a…

Merry Christmas to the P&B blog readers! Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you had a relaxing and happy day. We had a relaxing and happy day. Matt, Ellen and Ichi came over for a playdate this morning for…

Busy day with M & A. This morning, we visited our friends Pat and Cheryl K., and Cheryl’s husband Yaron, who have a lovely Christmas tree and a house full of decorations. We brought some cookies and had a great…

Two exciting things to report. First, this morning, we transformed the kitchen into a cookie-making factory. We made four types of cookies: chocolate-chip cookies, sugar cookies with sprinkles, frosted pumpkin rock cookies, and peanut butter cookies. M & A were…

It’s Friday. Not too much to report today. We are child-care free for the next 12 days, so I am sure there will be a lot of good stories coming up. M is feeling better today, but not 100%. A…