Take me out to the ball game!

We had a wonderful time with Joshua. We drove back to New York with him on Monday and went directly to Citi Field to see the Mets game. Once again, although they did score one run early in the game, the Cubs evened the score mid-game and by the end Cubs won 4 to 1. 

On Tuesday we went to the Bronx Zoo, which was on Joshua’s list of things he wanted to do. The weather was fabulous and we had a lot of fun walking around and talking and eating our lunch outside. 

Wednesday we headed over to the Intrepid. Barry and I had never been there and did not know what to expect. It is actually quite nice and interesting and almost everything is accessible. Joshua enjoyed seeing all those planes.

Joshua is quite simple to feed. While he eats a variety of foods, he does have his preferences. Since he was only with us for a few short days we wanted to follow his directive, as we did with the three girls. So we had dinners from just two local kosher restaurants: Carlos and Gabby’s (Mexican food) and Pizza Block, a relatively new addition to our neighborhood. We played lots of games and watched some sports on television, something which I would never do on my own but was happy to do with him. He is quite the sports fan, and knows a lot about the baseball teams and players.

A friend, whose firm has season tickets at Yankees Stadium, had given us two tickets to the game this afternoon that he could not use. Our plan was for the “boys” to use them, and we were to drive back to Sharon on Friday morning with a stop at Mystic Aquarium along the way. Unfortunately, these plans had to be revised at the last minute because Barry could not take him. I wish I was able to just get in the car and drive him and attend the game with him, but that is not something I could do safely. Not wanting him to miss the game, Dina drove up early this morning, took Joshua to the game, and is heading back to Sharon with Joshua this evening. The good news is that it was a quick game and the Yankees won!

We had long hoped to have each of our grandchildren spend time with us in New York this summer, and we are very thankful that we were able to realize that dream. Each of them is already talking about the things we will do on their visits next year. I just hope we will all be healthy and able to make that happen.

Stay well!

Love,

Rebecca