Mother’s Day

D&N went to the last Dad’s Camping Weekend ever. (So sad!) Hard to believe this tradition has come to an end. They had a good time, as always. N kept up with the older kids and the dads, and they…

Happy 21st Birthday To The Girls!

The girls turned 21 three days ago!!! THEY ARE ADULTS! They can drink legally! Their licenses can now be horizontal instead of vertical! Very exciting. Here is how they celebrated. A went to Princeton from NYC on Tuesday night and…

Catch Up

It’s Saturday night and here is what is going on. N went to a b’nai mitzvah today for two classmates at GDS. He had lots of baseball this week – practice, games for GDS and BCC – and for once…

Baseball Weekend

Lots of baseball this weekend. N had White Sox games Friday and Sunday. Friday’s wasn’t a great game but today’s was a 19-6 win. It’s nice to have his games back on the calendar. The Nats meanwhile had two walkoff…

More Bar Mitzvah Memories

Before 4/5 is too far in the rear view, here are some of my favorite memories from the weekend: Hearing N give his speech. He did such a great job. Slow, clear, confident, articulate. Hearing everyone say what a great…

Today N had a field trip of sorts where he went to Dupont Circle and manned a booth related to wellness (the whole grade did it; some went to other locations). He said that he was using a voice similar…

Passover Weekend

I will go back to bar mitzvah posts this week but wanted to quickly post about our weekend. We drove up to Aunt Darrah’s house yesterday for Passover. We didn’t get up until late-ish on Saturday night, especially because we…

Nate’s Speech

I think I will post things about the bar mitzvah for many posts to come. We got the photos back today and they are GREAT! So many good ones that capture the joy and love from that event. I will…