15!

 It's hard to believe that our HBB is 15!  What a blessing to be his parents, to have him as our first-born, to be be raising, supporting and nurturing him.  We had a lovely bday bonfire for him with friends, let him sleep until 1pm, had an Aplebaum bday outing the Nats Game, late night pizza (almost in an old age home), family birthday brunch, a special hike that was just me, Jacob, and Hersh, boba tea, and family dinner at a delicious but very poorly run restaurant.  Our family is the sweetest blessing, and I dont even mind driving him to 430am swim practice.  Sender is living the best 3rd kid life--late nights, dinner parties, birthday parties, soccer, piano, friends, and dessert every night.  He is so aware of his happy life--he told me "Ima, my life is full of everything good, and I dont mean presents."  Lu is working hard--getting good grades, being my biggest helper, and working towards her ballet goals.  Springtime will next slowly turn to summer---AP exams, end of year celebrations and performances, camp prep, oh my!