The girls woke up to a special surprise today – a visit from Aunt Darrah, who was in town from New York for a work event. She came up at 8 AM this morning and spent an hour with the…

Here’s a humbling experience: Try making a recipe from Parenting magazine that basically has two ingredients and is designed for pre-schoolers, and still managing to screw it up. I tried to make this recipe tonight with the girls, which is…

Here are some recent videos of the girls playing in the backyard:

M said some memorable things this weekend. First, I have been complaining that the salon we go to for the girls’ haircuts is a rip-off — $30 for a three year-old’s hair. That means it’s $60 every time I go…

Busy, busy day so far. We’ve already been on three moon bounces. The first one was at gymnastics – the same one the girls have been talking about since Lily’s birthday last spring. The girls were stars at gymnastics today…

[Missed a day there – was in Miami last night.] So M brought Ribbit home tonight. We did her story about Ribbit already (gotta love that – getting the homework out of the way on Friday so that the weekend…

M & A’s class has a new unit they are working on, and as part of it, every few days, one kid in the class brings home a stuffed frog named Ribbit. The kid keeps the frog at home for…

Tonight there was a "book fair" fundraiser for the girls’ school. What that means is that all of the wallets (otherwise known as parents) bring their kids to the local mega-bookstore for a story hour, conducted masterfully by the school’s…

I know I shouldn’t say this, but I am happy that I have girls. After I got home tonight, A decided to take Piggy and Bunny and wrap them up inside a fleece blanket. She folded the blanket neatly and…

I was so tired last night that I fell asleep without posting. Yesterday was a very busy day. We had gymnastics in the morning, and then went straight to Hannah’s birthday party at a paint-your-own pottery place. We missed most…