a literary event

Today Sam's class had their Authors' Celebration. The kids had worked very hard expanding and illustrating their stories, and you could tell. It was helpful to have the sound system, especially since a certain toddler was reading Polar Bear, Polar Bear very loudly to himself in the back of the room. And let me tell you, that teacher is a genius. She planned a dance party in the middle of the readings, just when the kids were getting extra-squirmy.

big kid

Oscar is now a big kid. Not a baby. Even though he walks around holding his arms out to Aaron and me demanding "Pick you up," he's definitely growing up.

Friday afternoon

Yesterday Sam and Abe and our neighbor Samuel disappeared upstairs, and after quite a while, I realized it was pretty quiet up there. Too quiet. So Oscar and I came up to investigate, and we found all three on the top bunk reading Garfield.

So that's who finds Garfield funny! I don't remember laughing at him even as a kid.

Oscar is wearing a shirt that his brothers both wore before him, and it was a hand-me-down to our family--that's the best kind of recycling.

Chanukamania

We had a short but packed trip to Boston to celebrate Chanukah with the Sachses and Gabors. Some highlights:

Sam and Nathaniel create and play a Pokemon-esque card game.


Abe loves his new Polo book.


Rebecca sports a fancy new hairdo.



Ozzie spends quality time with both Gram and Aunt Debbie.




By the way, my big Chanukah gift from Aaron was a fab new camera. I am currently reading the manual and learning new tricks.