Despite the horrific events of last
weekend, we somehow managed to carry on with our plans. We were in Sharon, where
we had a lovely Shabbat day with
Simmie and family. Saturday night we all gathered at Dina’s house for pizza and
baseball, although we left to get some sleep long before the 18-inning game
ended in win #3 for the Boston Red Sox.
We had planned to spend Sunday with
Eliana and Maya and settled on going to see the animated movie “Smallfoot.” It
is essentially a take-off on stories of Bigfoot but rather than being told from
the point of view of a human it is told through the point of view of a young
Yeti. Like so many animated films these days, there is plenty of humor geared
towards the adults. In some ways it was the perfect choice for a break from all
the depressing news out of Pittsburgh, and for that reason I think I enjoyed it
more than I might have otherwise.
We saw the movie at the Superlux Theater in Chestnut Hill. The girls really love that place and I think they would be happy to see pretty much any movie there.
Joshua and Ella joined us on Sunday evening to watch game #5 of the series. Since Monday was a school day, they had to go home and off to bed a little before the game ended but Barry and Joshua were on the phone the minute the Dodgers’ third out in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Red Sox the 2018 World Series championship. It might have been nice for the Boston fans had the Red Sox lost that game so that they would have gone back home to finish the series, but at the end of the day I suspect that having to settle for watching the win on television was a small price for them to pay.
The drive home on Monday started in the rain but we drove out of the storm about an hour after leaving Sharon. The trip took us through the beauty of the fall foliage, and I managed to get this picture through the car window.
Love,
Rebecca
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