Mom's visit

Mom came in for Ari's birthday, hooray!

We played Rummikub

And ate chocolate pudding.

And gave hugs.

And took selfies.

Ari's first sleepover

Ari went to Elijah's house for the night.  

He's growing up fast... but still, they're only four. :)

The next morning, on the way to soccer.

Watching his friend's game.

In the meantime, back at the homestead, the oldest and youngest brother bonded.

Ways in which I am a geek

Last night, I spent a good long time as I was falling asleep trying to ascertain if the shadow of the ceiling fan above me looked more like a Klingon Bird of Prey or a Star Wars tie fighter.

I ultimately decided on the Bird of Prey.

Word search

Title of the word search: "Marvel Heroes."  The note says, A puzzle for Xander, made by Daddy.

He made two this morning so he wouldn't be bored during spring break. :)

Ari's locks

I posted this on Facebook on Friday:

My middle child has beautiful surfer boy hair. (Bad pics below, but you can see the cut.) He however desperately wants shorter hair, and has told us so for weeks. After going through a ton of images tonight to see what exactly he wants, he chose the haircut from the stock photo below. Tell me, O Wise People of Facebook, at what age do we let kids decide their haircuts for themselves? I want to be supportive of his independence... but I hate cutting off his gorgeous locks!

And I got 45 comments on it!


We decided to let him get the cut.

Here's the before:

And after: we went but by bit, and he was happy as a clam to have it shorter.  And not a buzz cut! :)

Purim at religious school

Leading tefillah on Sunday morning

Xander was narrator in his religous school schpiel

Announcing the winners of the Carnival costume contest

Bar Mitzvah party photobooth!