January was a fairly uneventful month. Since I managed to screw up and miss the sign-up deadline, Mikaela missed basketball season at the JCC this year (oops!). We did get to enjoy celebrating cousin Margo’s Bat Mitzvah, and the opportunities to see Cousin Annie, Aunt Mo, and Uncle Cor brought about by that occasion. Both [...]

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I know, I know – this is LONG overdue. But by way of catching up, December was a crazy month. Right after celebrating Jonathan’s birthday, Chanukah started, then it was Miriam’s birthday and the Winter Break from school. In the midst of all of that, we went through several weeks of the four of us [...]

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Jonathan’s third birthday celebration is already underway. Miriam and I went to the CDC with a music-themed Blue’s Clues cake (at Jon’s request). We still have the guitar cake for tonight and another music-themed cake planned for the Chanukah party on Saturday night. Of course Jonathan is convinced that, if he turned three on his [...]

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While Grandpa Steve and Grandma Sali were here, Mikaela and Jonathan discovered the magic that happens when you mix baking soda and vinegar – Jonathan calls it a “blocano”.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We had the largest Thanksgiving Feast yet at Grandma Marcia and Zaydie Larry’s house – I believe the final count was 28. We were served by the biggest turkey yet too – a full 30 pounds of Thanksgiving bird. It was great that so many out-of-town-based relatives were able to join us [...]

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We buried Bubbie today. It’s been an incredibly emotional few days. The words and notes of support from family and friends have been wonderful. Jonathan doesn’t really understand what’s going on – just lots of people around and disruptions in his schedule (though getting to spend some fun time with Aunt Mo this afternoon was [...]

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Halloween anticipation has been building for several weeks in our house. The kids both settled on their costumes early on – there was never really any doubt the Harry Potter-obsessed Mikaela would go as Harry Potter, and she received most of the components of her costume as birthday presents earlier in the month. We were [...]

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What do you do with an energetic preschooler who can’t go back to school for 24 hours, because he was sent home sick? Show him how to use iMovie! Looks like the kids have started learning the songs for the Thanksgiving program. If you search this blog, you can probably find video of [...]

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Jonathan and Mikaela got to break in their Halloween costumes a week early at “Boo at the Zoo” at the Kansas City Zoo. After a rainy week, the skies cleared up on Saturday morning and though the day started out kind of cold, the sunshine warmed us up and made for a really pleasant day [...]

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