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…

NATE’S BAR MITZVAH

I am too tired for a long post tonight but WHAT A WEEKEND. N did a FANTASTIC job last night. He was poised, clear, confident, smart, modest and overall extremely impressive. He didn’t make a single mistake with his chanting…

Universal Yums Bracket

This… is the Natey-ist thing to ever exist. Universal Yums, the snack box from around the world that N gets every month, had a special Advent calendar over the holidays that had a different international candy every day. It came…