"I went on a diet because I was bored," I told E. "I think I just figured that out just this second ( Read more... )

It's Spring Break, so E took the kids to see their cousins and I am here by myself. My SIL texted me a picture of B and my brother and their glowing screens. "It's video games and sports all. day. long." she wrote. "I keep hearing your voice in my head saying that you hate all people named J.S." They have the same name - J.S. - and as B gets deeper ( Read more... )

I'm looking for a Passover book. My nephew is four and his sisters are two and a half, which is old enough that they should be prepped well in advance for Pesach. It's at the end of March, so that means starting now ( Read more... )

A little while ago, B asked me if I would be disappointed if he wasn't Jewish when he grew up ( Read more... )

We have a problem at B's school, the first time we have ever faced something like this. B has a math teacher he can't understand. This is the teacher's first year at the school. He is from Nigeria and he whispers ( Read more... )

Last night E asked, "Did you cook this big crazy dinner because it's Saturday and you had the time ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever done this before. I priced out the cost of a dinner ( Read more... )

My brother brought his son, M, late this afternoon. We ate dinner and walked around the neighborhood, and now M and R are in the tent in the back yard, listening to bedtime stories. It's practice camping, my brother said. He's been talking about doing this all summer, sleeping with M in a tent in our back yard ( Read more... )

We went to San Jose today to see my brother and his family. As we got out of the car his next door neighbors were coming out of their house and we all met on the street: the four of us, my brother and his son, the neighbors and their adult daughter ( Read more... )

E came back from her weekend at my brother's house saying, "Your brother is a nut." This isn't a new piece of information, and it continued to be old news as she gave me more detail. "He kept following me around all day, (she was there to build a fence and do other fix-it chores) going on and on (my brother talks incessantly) about this crazy thing ( Read more... )