Thanksgiving & 8 months

This past weekend we celebrated a joyful Thanksgiving (and our annual Friendsgiving), as well as Clover Pie turning 8 months old! We assembled at Casa Klein in Philly, enjoyed the usual delicacies, celebrated Shabbanukah, did some Black Friday Shopping, and had a day of adventure in Center City.  Sender loved the action and the foods--he really got into the meal aspect of Thanksgiving. He also turned 8 months old, slept pretty well in the travel crib, is cutting his front tooth, and says "mamamamam" to get everything he wants!  What a baby! The big kids loved being with family and playing with their cousins (and reading all the books from the library).  And through love and togetherness we had a joyful time, even though we miss Rich so. His absence is noticeable, and to me, it still does not seem real that he is gone.

Cruising through the Fall

We've just been cruising through the Fall, keeping every moving with forward momentum, ensuring that the "upstairs folk" as I've taken to calling the children are happy, fed, and engaged in their lives.  Jacob and I each have a lot of our plates, and for lack of a better term, we are hustling!  But we are in it together, doing our best with whatever life presents us with. 

We've had lots of good time with friends, and Sender attended his first SS Thanksgiving Day Parade!  We're raking and raking and raking our yard.  And cooking and cooking and cooking with the season.  From Shabbat dinners, to Friendsgiving and tomorrow Thanksgiving in Philly, we are surrounded by love and community, which is not to be taken for granted.  We attended the Veteran's Day Performance at MGJDS, before which Jacob, Sender and I went on a lunch date to the Woodlands. The lovely Indian ladies were quite impressed with Sender's eating!   AlteLu can read now(!), and Hersh is truly a gentleman boy scholar.