Uh Oh

I recently found out that (one maybe all) found out about this blog. I guess I shouldn't complain as it is old! Surprised it took so long!

Well Pesach is over and we are back to normal now. The kids started school Monday and my daughter has a new English teacher. Her previous teacher decided to move to Israel after Pesach, mind you she got married a few months ago. Not a happy camper. She was doing so well in her class. A star reader. A great teacher in my opinion despite her young age. I really liked her and the way she taught. I will miss her, but now I am upset she couldn't wait until the end of the year.

I think my sons preschool teachers is engaged, which means that I have to call the parents to collect an engagement/wedding gift for her. Better do so soon, because I also have to collect for the graduation! What fun. I don't think I want to sign up for this anymore.

Sunday night I received a cute phone call. It was my friends daughter, "Hi, I want to let you know my mommy had a baby girl last night." It was adorable. I am happy for my friend. Her family is growing nicely. I will try to call her soon to wish her Mazel Tov.

Speaking of mazel tov, my first cousins daughter is engaged. I hope to go to that wedding. A few weeks later, my first cousins granddaughter got engaged! Yes, you read right...his granddaughter!! Go figure and do the math. Complicate. Unbelievable. But true. I don't think I can make it to that wedding, as it is in Israel.

So Pesach was nice. Keep thinking of what it will take to stay home. Contemplate it but usually by Purim we say "not this year." Maybe next year will be the one.

Painting once again. Got into the mood of fixing up the house. Decided to paint the attic and clean out the bedroom that is there and make it presentable for guests and have some company sleep over. We started last night. Mind you the hallway upstairs is this ugly yellow, so we need to prime the walls first. The first time we painted, we skipped the priming as the walls were white to begin with. I love fixing up the house and getting things to look different. This is internal and no one will really see it. It is not like fixing my staircase that will get everyone's attention!

I cannot believe school is over in a mere two months. Time flies. The kids had a great year...And soon is summer....Do I even have enough vacation days to use for actual vacation? Will that be possible?

Have a great day, and enjoy the lovely weather!

The Wedding

So the wedding is done and over with. I didn't find a tux for the little guy, so the two boys wore matching suits. They looked adorable. They didn't walk down, but then again there are too many to walk down, so no one walked down, other than the brides brothers who walked down the grandfather. Of course the Chason and Kallah walked down with their parents.

The message was to be there at 4:30. We got there at 4:25 being number 4 there (actually tied with 3). We got ready and were the first family to take pictures. It didn't matter that the rest of the crew didn't show because when they did, they still had to wait for pictures. Amazingly we were able to get the entire mishpacha in one picture, albeit, we had to relocate in order to line everyone up. Kids in the front. Tall in the back. Everyone, find a spot. If it is near your spouse, you are lucky. Be careful not to look like a couple with your niece or nephew! Make room for the kallah she will be super imposed into the picture, you really think we are going to get everyone in the picture again?! Think again. This is it. One huge family picture. Should develop my digital camera film so I can actually see the picture!

On the way into the hall the caterer saw my brooms. Mezinka he said? And I said yes. I put them away in a safe spot, knowing I would need them much much later. Sure enough when the time came, no one told me that they were starting the dance and well, they had to use the dirty brooms until the brooms that I brought were located. What a shame. Next time I need to know when, and also get wreaths for the parents. But I don't know when the next time is so I am off the hook.

The kids were great at the wedding. My daughter hooked up with some cousins. Although she didn't have a puffy Gmach gown, she looked like a princess. She got her hair done and with the white gown and all, she was a princess. She smiled nicely as well for the camera. The boys took care of themselves as well. The little guy was in the carriage for most of the time. He didn't fall asleep. I went to locate him at one point and found the two boys holding hands and walking around. His big brother took him around. I dragged him into dancing, the very last dance and then he fell asleep, shortly before we left (and we were the last to leave!)

Shabbos sheva brachos is another story that I would like to forget. Let's just say we surely did not make it and spent what was supposed to be a kid-free Shabbos was anything BUT kid-free. It was a very nice Shabbos though and I am thankful to our hostess who took us in twenty minutes before Shabbos!

Coming soon....Pesach and more