Categories July 2007

M’s Negotiation Skills

Here is a conversation that took place at dinner last night: Scene: We’re trying to get M to eat more of her dinner (pizza and pasta) at a restaurant. Us: "M, please eat more of your pizza." M: "But I’m…

Categories July 2007

Big Girl Beds

Big day here – M&A graduated to toddler beds, aka "big girl beds" or "tobbler beds." Here are two short videos of M&A waxing philosophic about their cribs: And here are the new beds: M&A are napping peacefully right now.…

Categories July 2007

A’s Imagination

I am always amazed by how imaginative A is. She is clearly left-brain, which I am not (at all). I love hearing what she comes up with, at age 3. This afternoon alone, she: put an Elmo video box on…

Report Cards from Camp

Every Friday, we get a report from M&A’s camp called a "Nachas Note." It has a little blurb about what they’ve enjoyed at camp that week. For some reason, I am always expecting these notes to contain sentences like, "We…

A is Catching Up

Big News: A is wearing underpants today. This is a significant step, as her sister has been wearing them for a few months now. Now M can’t lord it over A anymore, which she likes to do, saying things like,…

July 4th

M & A enjoyed some traditional 4th of July holiday traditions today – a local parade, complete with marching bands, old-fashioned cars, clowns, fire engines, and local politicians; watermelon and a moon bounce after the parade; a barbecue at Grandma…

Trip to the Dentist

M & A visited the dentist this morning for the second time ever. The dentist (who has seen cousins SRW & REW as well as Aunts ACW & EWW) told me that the first visit usually goes really well (true,…

Wecome to the M & A Blog!

Hello, and welcome. This blog is devoted to my two 3-year old girls, who are twins and whose names start with M and A. I am using initials for privacy – you never know who’s out there reading. (Though if…