Rosh Ha'shanah - Happy New Year

As we entered the Jewish New Year, it was time to travel to Nana's for a fun-filled four days with 13 people under one roof (or 13 and a half depending on how you count). As you can see, the boys had a blast from the first meal and really enjoyed playing with their cousins. The couch below seemed to be the favorite spot from which to cause mischief.

Seth, Becca and Justin all shared a room. We were worried about their ability to all go to sleep in there, but after some evening struggles, they all slept through the night and had a lot of fun talking and reading books together.

As always, thank you so much to Nana for hosting the entire family and making the holiday so wonderful. The meals were delicious and the company was great. We know how much work it was to put everything together for so many people! We love you.

28 Weeks!!!

Happy New Year

Sukkah Building at Nana's

Seth and Jerald went to Nana's house today to help get ready for Sukkot. Yes we know that we still have Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur before we get to Sukkot - but with everyone's busy schedule they wanted to get a head start. It looks like it will be a great Sukkah - we cannot wait!

Lawyer playdate

We had a wonderful morning visiting our friends Sharon, Chris and their little girl Vivienne at their new house (only 5 minutes from our new house!). Jerald and Sharon use to work together and we were so happy to spend the morning with them.

Shabbat Shalom

Old Friends at the Playground

Seth, Joshua and Roank - still having fun together! I love some of their old pictures...and this and more ...

Company Outing

The legal department of Jerald's company had a big outing this evening for everyone's family. They had it at Kimball farm. It was very hot but a lot of fun. Here is Seth and Jerald on bumper boats!
We then played mini-golf - Justin's first time! As you can imagine, Justin was happy to do anything that involved a ball.


We had a yummy bbq dinner, the boys then played more golf and we had ice cream for dessert. It was getting late so Justin and I headed home. Seth and Jerald stayed and played in the arcade and did the bumper boats again. It was a lot of fun - and great getting to see Jerald's wonderful co-workers.

Pottery

As the summer is coming to an end (I start teaching next week!) Seth and I took advantage of our last morning by ourselves. Thanks Nana for having Justin in the morning and Seth in the afternoon! We are so lucky to have you!!!

Closed!!!

We closed on our new house today. We are so excited and a bit overwhelmed at what is to come. Over the next couple of months we will be doing work on the new house, still showing our old house (please buy it!), working, playing, moving and having a baby!!! We are VERY blessed and busy :-)

Snuggle

2010 Apple Picking

Apple Picking

With our very hot summer apples are ready for picking. We left early this morning to drive to Tougas Farms. We picked and ate a lot of apples (I have a lot of work to sauce and bake all the apples). We even saw wild turkeys, goats, roosters and a pig. Justin was quite scared of the turkeys and made Jerald carry him through most of the orchard. Because we went so early this year - there were even peaches left to pick. Yummy! We finished the morning off with apple cider donuts and apple cider to drink. Wonderful morning!!!

26 Weeks!!!

Week of friends...

I kept the boys busy this week with lots of trips to indoor playspaces, playgrounds, errands and lots of playdates! One day we even had two of Seth's friends over for a double drop-off playdate. I was a little worried about how it would go - me alone with three 4 year olds and a not yet 2 year old. No need to fear - it went really well! We hosted our weekly pizza party playgroup here (maybe for the last time in this house...). We were so happy to have some old friends join us - Mae, Carrie-Ann, Monica and Ella - so great seeing you all!!!

The packing begins...

We are making ourselves very busy this coming fall - Seth is starting school soon, I am starting teaching in two weeks, the holidays are fast approaching, the new baby due around thanksgiving... to make things even more fun we are moving!!! When we found out we were pregnant our first thought was to stay in our current place until next spring and then look for a single family house. When thinking about it further we realized while not easy, it would be easier to move while I was pregnant rather than with a 3 month old - and mortgage rates were unbeatable. Long story short - we are closing on our new 5 bedroom house on tuesday! We haven't been able to sell our current place yet (any takers???) so we have the challenge of packing, moving, while still keeping our house clean for showings. We are overwhelmed at times - but really excited for this next step for our family.

Week at Grandma & Pa's

We had a wonderful extended visit at Grandma & Pa's house. We started by stopping off at my friend Debbie's house to see her 2 year old Dylan and meet his new 7 week old sister Nora. We got to see them the next day on Long Island - we had a play date at our elementary school - how crazy!!!
My friend Vicky and her adorable daughter Lucy drove out from NJ to spend the morning with us. How cute are Lucy and Justin together?
My friend Stefanie (we met in nursery school!?!) came for a visit (no picture) with her adorable little girl Samantha. Thank you to Debbie, Vicky and Stefanie!!! It was so amazing to spend time with such good friends and to get to see your adorable kids :-)
When we weren't entertaining - we had such an amazing time with Grandma. Grandma was a rock star - cooking, cleaning, reading, playing and making us all giggle! THANK YOU!!!
Pa was at work during the week - but on Saturday Pa was ready to go and the boys had so much fun!

Bath time is always fun!

Jerald took the train to NY friday to spend the weekend with us. When Pa and Jerald arrived at the house - Seth ran as fast as I have ever seen him run, out of the house, down the driveway and straight into Jerald's arms. It was too cute for words!
On our way out of town we made one last stop at Danny & Rebecca's for brunch in Queens. It was so great to see Danny, Rebecca, their son Ben, Brian, Ben, Marci and her daughter Jordana. The biggest hit was Rebecca's brother's dog - Jabba. Seth and Justin are in love! Thanks for the yummy food and spending time with great friends!

Happy 7th Anniversary!!!

Happy Anniversary to the best husband in the world...I love you with all my heart!!!