We told the kids about our upcoming summer vacation to Europe. Elizabeth was very upset that she was going to miss trip day at day camp. Jeremy held us up for close to 10 minutes while he went to the
Sorry I haven’t posted for a while but you’ll see that I’ve been traveling a bit and doing a lot. I’ve also collected a few really funny stories to share. The global stuff follows these vignettes and there are travel
I was listening to the Angry Birds theme song as my kid was playing the game, and I figured it could be a Hassidic tune right out of some klezmer village in Eastern Europe. If someone in my synagogue started
I saw the funniest thing when I went to my son’s school to watch him play in a chess tournament. He sat silently, followed the rules and behaved like an adult. His 7 year old opponent put his hand across
I wish the worst for whomever had the great idea of importing rainbow looms to America. I find myself picking up about 100 tiny rubber bands every evening after my kids have dropped them all over the apartment. I’m sure
Throughout this post are pictures from our family’s recent trip to Israel. You’ll see the kids ziplining across the Jordan River and on a ropes course, the family at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, having a hamburger at a kosher
We just finished our summer holiday which involved two cities and two resorts: Chicago and DC, the Homestead in Virginia and the Mohonk Lodge in upstate NY. We are at the age where our kids want to be with us,
My son wanted a playdate with a kid in the neighborhood that he remembered from day camp last summer. It’s been a year and we made a few inquiries and hadn’t heard back from the parent. Karen was thinking that
This month’s edition starts off with more than normal family-oriented stuff because I have some good stories. This week our kids started Summer Day Camp. It is a real right of passage — they are now out of the house
Ever hear of Dav Pilkey? He’s the author of the children’s series of books called “Captain Underpants”. He’s perfected the art of coming up with great titles and book covers such as Captain Underpants and the
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