In praise of blogs . . .

Now that we have been at this blogging thing for a few months more or less, I have to say that I am so glad that we decided to do it. We have gotten feedback from some family members that they are very much enjoying keeping tabs on us and the girls through the posts, as mundane as they are, which makes it all worthwhile. We had toyed with the idea of blogging in the past but had always shied away due to security concerns -- hence the very clunky use of nicknames and initials on this blog, which I know is cumbersome and not conducive to narrative flow, but it was the bargain I struck with Dad to get his by-in on the blogging. He is now a convert and is very supportive of the blog, in part because he likes the idea of having an historical record to show the girls when they are older!
We also have some family members who are on the opposite coast who blog (in fact, they are the ones who inspired us to start) and its hard to quantify how much we are enjoying reading about their daily lives. And yes, there is a point to this posting: to all of you whom I have been hectoring to PLEASE start blogs of your own, and you know who you are, I say: Please start blogs of your own! We miss you and would love reading about you and what you are up to, regardless of how prosaic it might seem.
OK I am done preaching! We have had an active morning making papier mache easter eggs (and adding lovely spots of glue to our carpet) and homemade bean bags. The Moo made a magic wand bean bag that tested the limits of Mom's artistic abilities and the Bean made a "blankie" bean bag. For those who don't know, the Bean is a blanket child -- a friend of mine gave her a pink and white blanket from Pottery Barn when she was born and the two have never been parted for long since then. If we let her, the Bean would take "softie blank-wank" everywhere (she is also very into rhyming right now, hence the "blank-wank." The Moo is very excited about the fact that is now March and that means her 5th birthday is fast approaching. We are having her party at the National Zoo this year; wish us luck!! I have to get moving and come up with party favors that do not involve candy and play off the zoo theme -- ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME!!
Now I am off to get cleaned up, as I am still sitting here in robe and pajamas -- it seemed appropriate while we were doing our crafts and as I was purging their book shelves (I finally tackled the task of culling the older books although it was hard to get rid of the ones that they have loved since infancy! I put some of the real favorites aside to give to them when they get older) but less so now that it is past noon!! Guess we will not be making it to Mass today :( sorry dad!