Whew, it's over! Today was THE DAY! We celebrated Julia and Libi's birthdays watching High School Musical 3 at the Wayne Movie Theater with about 40 children. The movie was really excellent (no joke, well, except that it was pretty cheesy. But for a cheesy movie it was very high quality). All the kids had fun, the cakes tasted good, a lot of our family was in town to celebrate with us, and we survived!
And then we had 2 other birthday parties to go to today. It's 6pm, we're exhausted and our kids are falling into bed.
In the past month so much has happened. First we had the High Holidays which were very nice this year. We spent the first day of Rosh Hashanah in NY. But Marigold had a high fever so we came home early. Yom Kippur was not too bad; we had meals at friends' houses for Kol Nidre and the Break Fast. The next day we set the alarm for 5am to get ready for our flight to Colorado at 8:20!
Congratulations to Peter and his new wife, Jane, who got married on Oct. 11 in Boulder, CO. We took our whole family there to celebrate with them. Julia's job at the wedding was to pass out programs. Libi and Marigold were flower girls. All three girls wore the dresses that they had from Josh & Blair's wedding and they looked gorgeous! Evie was also a flower girl and Shoshi read a biblical passage at the ceremony. Everyone felt very honored to play a part. Marigold actually fell asleep at the church, but she had a great time that night at the reception! In fact, everyone had a good time and we're very happy for Peter & Jane. Unfortunately the weather in Boulder was awful that weekend so we didn't experience the great outdoor life in Colorado. We ended up visiting one archeological site where there are many actual dinosaur footprints. It was pretty awesome. Later that day we all rock climbed (indoors). Julia, Josh, and I all made it to the top of 2 of the walls (despite my supposed fear of heights!). Libi loved it too and Marigold even tried a little climbing. It was great fun and I'd love to do it again.
So then we came home that Monday evening and Sukkot started that night. We hosted many meals with friends in our Sukkah this year. I really enjoy doing that, even though it's pretty tiring for me. Julia and Libi loved decorating our Sukkah--every year it looks better and more festive. Libi's class came over the next Monday and made fruit faces on challah rolls in our Sukkah. Then they made bracelets from plants and flowers that they found in our garden.
I celebrated Thursday and Friday which were school days!!!
This coming week will be the first full week of school in October. I will savor every moment--I promise you.
I look forward to the Adath Israel Book Fair which starts next Sunday. It will be my 5th year coordinating this book fair (I think next year will be my last). The Fair lasts all week--I have to be there at every shift. Then, it's off to NY for a celebration for my dad's 60th birthday!! We're pretty excited and we've got some great things planned that I can't talk about yet. 2 weeks later it will be Thanksgiving and the cycle of events continues.
In other news, Julia is getting a new teacher. Her english teacher hurt her back in the second week of school and has been out since then. It looks like her injury is worse than we originally thought and she won't be coming back. So, a new teacher starts tomorrow. My heart goes out to the original teacher and I hope she makes a full recovery. But I also hope that Julia gets quickly settled with her new teacher.
Marigold had her first experience as Shabbat Queen and she was so proud.
I'm putting up pictures from 1. Marigold as Shabbat Queen, 2. wedding & other activities in Colorado, 3. HSM Birthday party, and 4. Libi's class in our Sukkah.
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