Two “campers” joined us for the final
session of Camp NanaSabba: Ella (age 13) and Maya (age 11). We had an
incredibly busy and fun-filled week.
Ella’s father dropped them off on
Sunday on his way with her two younger siblings to spend time with their grandparents
in Baltimore. A couple of hours later, we took off for Muse Paintbar. To learn
more about this fun place, and to see if there is a location near you (we went
to the one in Yonkers), check them out at https://www.musepaintbar.com/about/.
Each of the participants is provided with all the materials they need and step by step instructions to copy a painting. Here are a couple of pictures of our two artists at work and of their final products:
On Monday morning we headed off to The
Bronx Zoo. We spent the morning at Treetop Adventure, where the girls went
through the first and second levels of climbing and had a terrific time. You
avid readers may recall that last year Maya had been just barely tall enough to
get through the first level, but with the extra few inches she grew this past
year she was able to reach all the hooks for her harness and both girls did a
great job and had loads of fun. It is hard to get good pictures while they are
climbing because of the lush vegetation, but we do have a few.
After the climb we had our picnic lunch
and then spent some time at the zoo. At the end the girls bought matching stuffed
tigers at the gift shop.
On Tuesday we headed over to Rye
Playland. It was a bit cooler this week so we waited to do the flume ride until
the end of our day there, but it was not excessively crowded so they were able
to go a few times with little wait time.
On Wednesday we did some shopping and
then Ella wanted to have her nails done so Barry and Maya watched a movie while
I took Ella to a local nail salon.
Thursday we hung out at home until the
early afternoon because we had big plans for the evening: dinner at one of our
favorite restaurants, Noi Due, followed by the Broadway show, “Wicked.” A
frequent challenge with multiple activities in the City is getting the timing
right. We wanted to be sure not to be late to the show, but I guess things are
relatively quiet the last week of summer so we drove in and finished dinner
much earlier than expected.
The restaurant did not really have anything on the
dessert menu that interested the girls, so instead we went to a place we had
once taken Eliana, Holey Cream, where they loaded up on sweets enough to last a
good month. Neither of them finished those treats!
We are still not all certain we
understood the story line completely, but we did all enjoy “Wicked.”
On Friday morning we headed over to the
New York Botanical Garden. We had wanted to show the girls the current special
exhibit, “Brazilian Modern: the Living Art of Roberto Brunle Marx.” I thought I
had written about this fascinating installation when Barry and I first saw it a
few months ago, but I apparently failed to do so, so I will include a couple of
pictures here.
We had a lovely Shabbat. The
girls spent part of the afternoon rebuilding Lego kits they brought down from where
they have been stored in our attic, and we left those until Sunday when we could
take a picture.
We had boiled some eggs and when
preparing our Seudah Shlishit (light evening meal) Maya was intrigued to
find this, which we saved to photograph after Shabbat.
On Sunday I waited at home while Barry
drove the two girls to meet Maya’s father in Connecticut. Unfortunately, there
had been an accident on the highway which slowed the traffic, but eventually
everyone arrived at their respective homes safely and soundly.
All in all, it was an incredibly fun albeit
exhausting week! Now I am off to work on the photo album!
Love,
Rebecca
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