Birthday parties: 1 (only A invited/attended)

Slight fevers: 1 (M)

New games learned: 1 (Scrabble)

Home entertainment systems broken: 1, tonight (grrrrr)

Average temperature this weekend: 30 degrees

Mother-daughter book club meetings attended: 1, for Eloise.

Games of Simon Classic played: too many to count

New CDs introduced to girls: 1 – the soundtrack to the 80s rock musical Rock of Ages

Funniest comment of the weekend: I was making dinner. A asked for a salad, and M asked for grilled cheese. As I was making A's and my salad, I asked M if she wanted any. She said no, salad is too "boring". Then she said, "I mean, where's the PASSION?" I thought that was hysterical.