Seven things that made me smile today: 7.  Putting away “stuff” today, I remembered I got a double Qwirkle in the game that Brad, Maren and I played on a school night after we tucked Greta into bed.  Qwirkle is our current favorite game, and double Qwirkle-ing is elusive and awesome.  Maren is competitive with the grown-ups at board games now and I love...

Today was the Mom’s Breakfast at Maren’s elementary school.  Half of the alphabet went yesterday, and half today: 350 moms and students gathered in the school cafetorium for a breakfast this morning. Maren has been so excited about this.  (So has Greta!)  It’s so fun for our roles to reverse and for her to be the leader to show me something new. We...