A very busy few days

I hope this finds everyone well. Here in New York it is snowing yet again. Listening to the weather predictions, we left Sharon very early this morning to beat the storm. It was already snowing when we arrived home. Instead of going into the City late this afternoon as planned for my monthly Sandostatin injection, Barry dropped me off at a nearby walk-in care center while he went to pick up a few essential groceries, and we headed home.

It was a very busy few days in Sharon. We drove up on Friday and got settled in. Joshua and Ella came over while their dad was still at work and their mom had an OB appointment. Joshua went home with his dad before Sabbath but we had arranged to have Ella with us for Friday night. She loved the stuffed shells we made, and we worked together on a new Lego kit. When we awoke on Saturday it was raining. It’s hard for me to navigate my scooter in the rain, so I stayed home for the morning while Barry took Ella to synagogue and met up with friends we had invited for lunch. We have known them since we first moved to Sharon almost 30 years ago, and they had been friends with another couple we knew from graduate school days, so we go back a long way. We talked and talked and before we knew it, Sabbath was over.

On Sunday morning, Joshua joined us with Eliana and Maya and their parents for a trip to a nearby bowling alley. I snapped a few pictures of the children bowling and then on a vibrating chair that they all loved. It was a fun morning. Somehow, Dina, Aaron, Joshua and Ella ended up at our apartment eating a lunch of leftovers from Sabbath. Then we split up: Joshua and Barry settled in at our apartment to watch the football game, while I headed over to Dina’s house with Ella. Ella and I played games for the next few hours, including Racko, a game I had not seen in years. Ella, as usual, won most of the games. I truly do not “let her win.” She’s just a lot smarter than I am!

The Patriots had a bad day, but Joshua took it in stride. Barry had bought focaccia at the grocery on Sunday morning and we prepared some toppings, made a big salad, and had a nice dinner. By 7 or so everyone was exhausted after a long and fun day.

Monday morning, Simmie and Ronen and Dina and Aaron had been invited to a celebration of a friends’ daughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Since Simmie had been the first to ask us about that afternoon, we got to spend it with Eliana and Maya. Our plan was to play for a little while and then go out to see a movie. We headed over to one of the newer malls to a nice movie theater. But we did not anticipate the hordes of children at the theater, and all the shows were sold out until later in the afternoon.  So we sat and had the lunch we had packed, and then headed over to J.P. Licks nearby for ice cream. I always think of ice cream as more of a summer food, but the children are in the mood for it any time of year and any time of day!

The last item on our calendar was to be with Joshua and Ella while their parents went on a tour of the hospital. Joshua and Ella were both born in Maryland, so this will be the first time Dina has given birth in Massachusetts.  We played a great game of Q-Bitz Extreme, and made a blintz soufflé for dinner. We were just finishing when Dina and Aaron came to pick up the children.

The snow is still falling, and I am just glad to be safe and warm with plenty of food. Barry has decided to cancel his class for tomorrow morning, so we’ll have a quiet day here at home.

Stay warm!

Love,

Rebecca