Twice Blessed Life

Today we drove the girls about an hour away to Princeton NJ where there is a farm with U-Pick produce.  Terhune Orchards was a wonderful trip for all of us.  The girls had a blast!

www.terhuneorchards.com

In all, we picked about 3 pounds of strawberries - not the big supermarket ones with almost no taste, but the [...]

My girls are nearly three years old now, and thankfully I can see signs of maturing emotions (or as mature as a toddler can be.).

Halle has had her little loves, for awhile now.  First it was the matchbox car she wouldn’t go to sleep without clutching in her little fist, then it was the gruesome [...]

Ominous title for a blog post, huh?

When we last left our happy family, they had reached a detente of sorts with the new neighbors downstairs. We would sometimes check with them if the noise level was tolerable for them and they assured us that all was well. Occasionally the guy downstairs would knock on our [...]

We took the twins to the Turtleback Zoo yesterday.  There was an event hosted by a local Jewish organization there and it sounded like fun.  After particpating in the storytime, collecting our goodie bag and having a quick picnic, we set off in search of critters to peruse.

The reptile house was a big hit with [...]

We might or might not be visiting my in-laws in Japan this summer.  (Long story, involves the somewhat hidden human rights abuses against religious minorities going on right now in Japan, aided and abetted by the police and court system and consciously overlooked by the national government - even ignoring the United Nations’ pleas for intervention.  You [...]

My days are numbered.

Halle now sleeps through the night (THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), but has the unfortunate tendancy to be up around 6-6:30am, daylight savings time or not.  Zanna has been sleeping through the night all along and doesn’t mind sleeping in, however she happily gets up when Halle does.

My problem is that while Halle is willing [...]

Last Friday, while I was explaining to the plumber about our plugged sink, Zanna decided to jump around on the couch in the living room.  As the old rhyme goes…

One little monkey jumping on the couch, She fell down and bumped her head, Mama called the doctor and the doctor said: “Come on into the [...]