Madeline & Ariel's Blog

Future Fireman

Today Maddy and Ari went (with us!) on a firetruck ride, which was pretty awesome.  Also, it was in the 70s today so we were able to swim in our pool with the Wassermans- probably for the last time this season.

A few things...

I am a bit late in getting in Ari's stats so here they are: 
35" tall (75%)
27lbs 13 1/2 oz (50%)

Also, Maddy saw her first Broadway show - the Little Mermaid - with mommy and safta.  We had a great time (and Aunt Marsha was so proud!).

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY ARIEL

Our little guy is now 2 years old.  We celebrated in style.  Thanks to Saba & Safta and Bubbee & Papa for the great presents and spending the weekend with us for Ari's bday and Maddy's shabbat.

Skiing

Maddy is learning to ski.  Saba and Safta came up - Safta stayed with Ari, and Daddy,Saba and Mommy took Maddy for her first lessons.  She did great.

Updates... Florida, St. Louis, Philly

I have no excuse for not posting sooner... We have been very busy around here though.

We headed out to St. Louis for Thanksgiving for Noah Oberlander's bar mitzvah which was a lot of fun.  The kids were great on the trip and enjoyed seeing their cousins and friends who we sometimes call cousins.  We got caught in TG air traffic and snow on Sunday night so we got back insanely late but the kids were great.

Then a week later we went to Florida for a few days with the Federmans.  We all had a great time and the weather was good.  We also got to see Bubbee and Papa while we were there.

After school/classes ended for the kids, we went down to Philadelphia to hang out with the Israels and stayed with Saba and Safta for a few days.  We came home and met Uncle Brian and clan here for a Chanukah party.

We are now recovering from the holidays and enjoying some quiet.

Halloween

We were very busy for Halloween.  We had the party at Ronen's office on Thursday the week before, then the Federmans took us to the party at Old Oaks on Sunday, then our Halloween party with Noah at his club on Friday and then trick or treating with the Levys & Federmans Friday night.  Whew.  We were pooped by the end of it all.  We were especially glad to have Bubbee and Papa with us!

   

In the Swing of Fall...

We are very busy around here as usual....  The chagim are finally over, though we did have fun... We had a great time in Philly with Saba and Safta and Uncle Udi, Aunt Viv, Shoshi and Leesi.  We spent the other holidays in New York and went to a Succah Party at the Rabbi's house and danced the night away on Simchat Torah, after which we had candy apples!

Maddy is into the swing of things at school.  She stays until 2pm on two afternoons a week.  She also has tennis lessons with Jennifer, Bradley and Joseph.  And she takes a tap/ballet class with her new friends.

Ari has started the parenting class (partial separation).  He walked in like he owned the place.  Barely even came over to me except to get a sippy cup.  He is also enjoying music class with Emma and continues to love his gym classes.

Ronen is busy as usual, but we just had the Halloween party at his office which was a lot of fun.  Photos coming.

     

Talking, Swimming and Tennis

Ari is REALLY talking now.  He is saying a lot of things, including his own name, "hide quick", "oh toodles", etc.  It is super cute.

Maddy is swimming - just yesterday - labor day, she was motivated by her friend Cooper who was over and had just learned.  Now she is off and running.

We took the kids to the US Open, which was a lot of fun, even the tennis!

Sorry to see summer end... we'll try to keep our pool open as long as we can.  And a big shout out / thank you to Papa Zayde for coming to our rescue when the kids were sick and daddy was out of town.  We love you!

Chicago Trip & Happy Birthday Sam

 We had a great trip to Chicago for Sam's Birthday, the CYJ Reunion and general Bubbee & Papa Time.  We also got to see a bunch of other friends, relatives and friends that we call relatives! 

Construction & Ariel is 18 Months Old

Well we may finally be at the end of the construction.  Ronen and I think this is good.  Our kids and the Lederer kids (Bradley and Emma) may not agree.  Also below, photos with the Federmans.

Also I had to add that on August 6, 2008, Ari had his 18 month checkup.  He weighed in at 23 lbs. 15 1/2 oz (25%) and height of 32" (50%).  He seems fine after all the craziness last Friday.