TwinkleToes is able to dress herself in some types of clothes now.  On days when she is capable of handling her clothes I lay them out for her and leave her to it. She loves coming to me and showing me that she did it “all by self”. This morning she walked in with her [...]

Glittergirl had an exceptionally good teacher this year. Maybe the best teacher, ever. I got a Thank You card, just a generic one with flowers and a Thank You on the front, and blank on the inside. I’m going to write a little note inside to thank her for making the school year so wonderful [...]

This morning my mother called me on my cellphone while I was on my way to work to tell me about the earthquake in China. I posted the initial post from home this morning, which means I knew all about the quake when she called. Way more than she saw on the morning news, which [...]

GlitterGirl has shiny hair. I mean, not just shiny, but glossy. When the sun shines on it, it’s like shining on oil or water, it almost glows. When she is under florescent lights it looks  a little blue the way it reflects the light. When it swings around her shoulders it almost glitters it’s so [...]

Most nights that the girls take a bath I let them take one together. I only put a few inches of water in, and I go in the room across the hall and get some work done while I listen to them play. If they are quiet I talk to them to make sure they [...]

GlitterGirl has been studying the various animal forms out there. One of those animal forms is the spider, which has eight legs, as opposed to the insect, which has six. GlitterGirl decided she and TwinkleToes could make a spider. I have a mirror in my bedroom that goes all the way down to the floor [...]

Yesterday was…. interesting. GlitterGirl was sick and pretty much just wanted me to lay on the sofa with her all day long. Which I mostly obliged. TwinkleToes was feeling great, and wanted to run and jump and laugh and play all day. I could get down in the floor and play with her while GlitterGirl [...]

TwinkleToes’ daytime care provider puts in a lot of teaching time. Every week they concentrate on a letter of the alphabet, and every Tuesday she has to take something with her that starts with that letter. They don’t do the letters in order, so it’s not really something we can plan on, we just know [...]

Halloween was a huge success. Twinkletoes got her first taste of a candy bar last night. She liked it. Of course. Both girls looked adorable in their costumes, and both girls got lots of candy. And just walking around and talking to neighbors was fun for me, too. Though I wish I’d felt better. Oh, [...]

Am I the only out there addicted to this show? I am not really a TV sort of person. I like Grey’s Anatomy and Numb3rs, but it’s okay if I miss them and catch them later. But Moonlight? My knees go week like a schoolgirl just looking at promo shots of the show. This is [...]