It has been another
rather long break as life goes whizzing past. We had a very busy week, and the
stars aligned so that no sooner was I was ready to write, our WiFi was down. Because we
had plans all of last week, we had to live without it through the weekend. Much
as I complain about our overreliance on connectivity, I certainly do not want
to suggest that being entirely unconnected is the way to go. For me, having only
that little iPhone as my sole source of connection is a very thin string
indeed. But now we have a brand new modem that is much faster than what we had
before, something we should have arranged a long time ago.
Despite that, we had
a FABULOUS week with Joshua. We spent Shabbat in Sharon and took off with him
first thing Sunday morning to catch the Mets at CitiField. It was a really good
game, with quite a lot of excitement at the end: they went into a 10th
inning and the Mets won (finally, since we have so far only seen them lose). We
went back to Riverdale after the game and picked up dinner at Carlos &
Gabby’s, where Joshua ordered his favorite, the breaded chicken fingers.
On Monday the weather
looked reasonable so we headed off to the Bronx Zoo. We took my scooter which
made this nicer for me, and I think we may have even seen some things we had
not seen before.
I'm sure this Julia's parents think the world of her, but do her looks befit the name Julia? Really?
On Tuesday morning we
headed over to The Intrepid, Joshua’s request after having visited last year.
He and Barry took a tour through a submarine, not suitable for schlepping
oxygen, so I worked on the NYT Crossword puzzle while waiting for them.
In the afternoon we
went to see the new animated film, “Minions.” If my understanding is correct,
this movie is a prequel to the two “Despicable Me” films. Although the review
on Rotten Tomatoes was not terrific, we actually enjoyed it, and Joshua’s
laughing out loud through much of it was contagious! Barry bar-b-qued dinner:
hamburgers and veggie burgers with some salads he had picked up.
Wednesday was our day
at the Museum of Natural History. We had taken the children there a few years
ago and have gone a number of times ourselves. We ended up doing a lot of the
scheduled presentations, including the planetarium. It is all but impossible to
see the entire museum in a day but we enjoyed it. Joshua requested a return to
Carlos and Gabby’s for dinner.
We got up first thing
Thursday morning and headed off for the highlight of the 2015 session of Camp
NanaSabba: Cooperstown, New York, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Barry had
been there when he was about Joshua’s age although he remembered little of it
and there have certainly been many updates and expansions since then, with
fifty years and countless changes in the teams. We walked around all afternoon
until even Joshua admitted he was getting tired, checked in at the hotel where
Joshua swam for a bit, had some dinner and went to sleep early. Friday morning
we packed up the car, headed back to the Hall of Fame and spent a few more
hours in the museum and perusing the gift shops before leaving to return to New
York.
Joshua is almost
eleven years old now, with an impressive knowledge of baseball. He is energetic
and funny and a complete joy to have around. He and I have a sort of game we
play: with a completely straight face, he will tell me something that sounds
outrageous and then wait for me to realize that he is (yet again) pulling my
leg. I tend to be a very literal person so he can easily get away with this! What I find particularly endearing about this is that he understands me so well.
In a couple of weeks
we will have his sister Ella, and then cousins Maya and Eliana. We have big
plans for each of them.
Stay cool – it is hot
out there!
Love,
Rebecca
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