First some fun, now some work

We had a lovely weekend. Our family gathered for Shabbat lunch and a couple of Julia’s friends and their families joined us for dessert to celebrate Julia’s fourth birthday. We have bought her a birthday gift but it is waiting for the spring to come: a replacement for their outdoor trampoline which was demolished by a recent blizzard. Pictures to follow.

On Sunday we went with Eliana and Maya to see the movie “A Wrinkle in Time.” It was playing at a theater near Boston that has only “lux level” type seating and accomodations, and the girls loved the comfy seats. Maya had read the book and really wanted to see the movie, so we went despite the mediocre reviews. She said that the movie did a pretty good job of following the story and would have been quite happy to sit there in her big chair and watch it a second time. To be honest, Barry and I were sort of lost, but it was a fascinating visual experience.

Our sons-in-law drove up and met us after the movie: Eliana and Maya went back to Sharon with their dad, and Aaron joined us to go up to Maimonides School for the 2018 Winter Sports Awards presentation. This was supposed to have taken place on a weeknight a few weeks back but had been rescheduled due to a blizzard, so we were able to attend. The biggest highlight for us was Joshua winning the “Most Improved Player” Award for the Boys Middle School Basketball Team. We had no idea he was to be honored, but having watched his development over these past few months I imagine it was a very easy choice for the coaches this year. Here is a picture of our guy going up to receive his award.

The other amazing thing that happened at this event occurred when we first arrived. They were serving a light buffet dinner and we had found some seats at a table and Barry went to get us some food when a couple came and asked if they could share our table. Within moments I realized that I actually knew this couple – he is the (much) younger brother of one of our oldest and dearest friends from our Rochester graduate school days. I am not even quite sure how we made the connection; I did not recognize him or his wife immediately, but it happened very quickly and it was truly a pleasure to see them. Their daughter is on the Maimonides High School girls’ basketball team, which is why they were there. One of the first things I did after we arrived back home on Monday was to call our friends, who live in West Hartford, and she knew right away why I was calling because her brother had texted her from the event and told her that we were also there. Talk about a small world!

I spent this morning doing some Passover baking, and now there are matzah balls boiling while I am writing this. I am trying to pace myself and do a few things each day.

With any luck, we will not be trekking through snow on the holiday!

Love,

Rebecca