Introductions all around

So I moved into my home-away-from-home this afternoon. It's a great old house, I'd say about 100, 120 years old? It's got a friendly red door on the outside and a spectrum of richly colored paints on the inside. But even better than the paint job is the family who inhabits it. Here's the rundown:

Cindy Morgan-Jaffe: Woman of the house, mother to three grown children--Anna, Claire, and Rose--and parent to the twins. She owns a software company and a moped. She is originally from Wyoming, so she knows how it is to be a Westerner in the big city.


Tanya Renney: The other woman of the house, biological mother to the twins. She's got Western connections, too, with family in Livingston and some cousins in Helena. She recently built a greenhouse onto the side of the house, which is now home to two tortoises. She also loves to cook, so I will keep you updated on the epicurean side of things as well.

Clara: The au pair from Brazil. I haven't really talked to her much yet, but I do know she has been in DC for 6 years and that she is very good at french braiding hair.

Paul: One half of the twins, he plays the cello and has recently enrolled in acting classes. He is very blond and very blue-eyed and sometimes goes by the alias "the Swede". He is not Swedish. He does, however, love Harry Potter and the back yard and being 8.

Olivia: The other half of the twins. She plays the violin and often sports the french braids in her hair that are the handiwork of Clara. She is starting to think boys are not quite so gross as they used to be, but still not worth her time. She likes horses, of course, and hiding behind the sofa to avoid bath time.

Sanji: The aging pitbull of the house. Very sweet, but please don't let her out the front door as she has a tendency to run off

Hannah: A mutt, part basset and part something else. She is low and stubby and shaggy, with one ear that goes up and one that goes down and a tail that goes all directions at once.

Study up, there WILL be a quiz.