Daylight Savings Time

Today was a very long day – Daylight Savings Time added an hour, plus the girls didn’t nap, so it was a long day with a lot of activity. The girls made pancakes in the morning with Daddy, and Buppie…

Happy Halloween!

Today was Halloween. Overall, a big success. (Scary) Clifford and (Scary) Dinosaur had a good evening, hauling in a lot of loot from the ‘hood. We started out with Buppie at a celebration in our neighborhood commercial district. All of…

Mommy’s Patience Tested

Tonight I had a Serious Conversation with the girls. We have a problem that has gotten out of hand. After I put them in bed, they call for me repeatedly (like 8-10 times) for various reasons – A isn’t being…

Monday Musings

Some random thoughts from today: 1. As far as I am concerned, there are two downsides to a Jewish pre-K. The first is that school is often closed for random holidays. The second is the following note that came in…

M Turns the Tables

Whew. What a day. The girls and I hung out and ran errands this morning and went to the playground. Then, after nap, we went to a pumpkin carving party and carved our scary/happy pumpkin. (There was a difference of…

Sparkly Shoes

Busy Saturday. Because the girls went to bed so late, they got up very late – 10:15 AM! Gymnastics at 11:10 – girls did great, as always. After gymnastics we went to Pumpernickel’s for… pizza. Because, Pumpernickel’s, the bagel store,…

Such a Grownup

We had some friends over for dinner tonight, and the girls were very wound up and excited. They showed off their Halloween costumes and put on tutus and high heels and danced around. We finally got them settled down and…

A Twin Moment

This morning, A woke up before M did. I needed to get ready for work, so while I took a shower, A sat on my bed and watched "Clifford" on TV. In the meantime, M woke up and started calling…