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Had to pick Zoe up this morning from school, so she ended up coming with me to a dentist appointment. She was pretty good throughout, putting up with all sorts of questions from the doctors and such. On the way out another lady asked her name, and dutifully she said "Zoe" and the woman exclaimed that Dr. Baer's new baby was named Zoe too (which ( Read more... )

Took Zoe to see Cats last night up in Baltimore. I've only seen it a couple of times, but this version was not that great. Partly due to our seats which were way on the side and our view, which I thought would be better because we were in the first row of the balcony, was partly obscured because of the railing in front of us. And this was the ( Read more... )

At my behest, V made a delicious Irish Stew for dinner last night. It was really yummy. It was the perfect st. patrick's day dinner. We had mint ice cream sandwiches for dessert, cause you know, they're green an all. I think tonight I will be making apricot pecan chicken ( Read more... )

I love these guys: http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=14503

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Zoe went on a field trip last week to the Natural History Museum. I asked each of the kids in my little party what they wanted to see. The little boy wanted to see the T-Rex (easy), the little girl wanted to see gold jewelry (found some African tribal jewelery that fit the bill), Zoe wanted to see the saphires (had to make our way to the very end ( Read more... )

So, my friend Mike has some opportunities coming up that require the services of a web designer, or someone who is relatively good at throwing together a quick website. He provides the graphic design for the most part, logos, photos, etc. and the clients are usually political candidates ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, we were watching tv and a commercial came on that asked, "Do you dream in chocolate?" V immediately declared that, no, he dreams in colors. And Zoe, who was playing on the floor, not really watching the tv said wistfully, "I dream in frogs."

( Mary is still sick. )