Daddy got the girls a subscription to National Geographic Kids magazine for Hanukkah, and the first issue arrived today. So exciting – their first magazine ever! Their mommy is a magazine addict, so it was a proud moment for me.…
Happy New Year! Tonight is, sadly,the last night of winter vacation. The girls don’t go back to school until Friday, but we have work tomorrow, so our vacation is done. I have had a very good time at home with…
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…
