The heat wave in the
northeast has finally broken! Hooray!
We drove up to Sharon
on Friday. On Saturday morning we went and picked up Eliana, and the three of
us went to synagogue. As we had planned, Eliana came back to our apartment for
lunch. By herself, she is a real chatterbox! She waited patiently while we
finished the lunch preparations, reading some Dr. Seuss out loud. She
entertained us during the meal with stories about the summer camp she is
attending. When we finished lunch we took out the new Lego set we had bought
her. I previously wrote about these new sets for girls, which the company seems
to be churning out at an amazing rate, taking advantage of all those
grandparents who cannot say “no.” We worked on building the set until almost 4
pm, when Simmie came to pick her up to go with her family to visit a friend of
Simmie’s who was in Sharon for the weekend.
On Sunday, we went
with Simmie, Ronen, Eliana, and Maya to Davis Farmland. It is located about an
hour away from Sharon, in the middle of nowhere. There are many animals for
feeding and petting, a great water play area, and fun go-carts for the
children. Maya, who loves giraffes, wore the giraffe-inspired shorts and tank
top I had seen on-line and could not resist, and brought along the matching
giraffe swimsuit. The girls really enjoyed feeding the animals. We took some
cute pictures of Maya at the water play area but Eliana was too busy running
through the sprinklers to stop and pose for her grandparents! Eliana was quite
the speedster on the go-carts, and she just kept whizzing by us even when we
said it was time to go home.
Back in Sharon, Ronen
barbequed dinner for the six of us: meat for the boys and the children, veggie
burgers for Simmie and me. It was a wonderful day!
We drove back to New
York first thing Monday morning. We are hoping to squeeze in a visit to the
Botanical Gardens this week, but the weather report does not look promising. I
do have an indoor project in mind: I have offered to help Simmie and Ronen make
a photo album with the pictures from their recent trip to Israel. I have made a
number of these on Shutterfly and each one I do, I learn some new features.
Simmie and Ronen selected the pictures, loaded them to Shutterfly, and gave me
a list of who and what are in the pictures. This week I get to have fun and try
to be a little creative!
Be well, all.
Love,
Rebecca
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