50 year reunion for Ruth, K boys go to camp

It is 50 years since I graduated from high school. We had a meet and greet at the hotel Friday night. There was a tour of the TaylormAllderdice HS on Sat. Morning. Saturday night was a party at the Green Oaks country club. It was fun. Good seeing so many people after many years. The people look good for 67-68 years old. This is the ONLY picture I took from the weekend.
Lenny Eisenfeld, a very nice man. Neonatal doctor in CN. He had a son the same age as Eve that was killed at a bus stop by a bomb in Israel. They were in Israel the same time and would take buses from the same spot. The boy that was my first kiss in maybe sixth grade was at the meet and greet. He was drunk and must have a mental problem. He was not all there. He was hugging me , etc. He had the finest parents and I knew them as an adult. That was sad to see. He changed his name from Gary to Gerson. Strange!








Abe and Nathan left for EKC camp. Laura started to cry when the bus pulled out. She said, how will Nathan take care of himself. Loses everything. I said, just like she was when I sent her to camp. Then I said the counselor is in charge now. And we hugged. Between you and the blog, I had already been crying. It is a wonderful sight to see all these kids going off for a wonderful healthy summer. So happy they can afford this and they are healthy. And the parents and grandparents all filming, kissing standing around. I only saw one crying child and that was a younger sibling that was staying at home and too young.




Abe may stay at camp for seven weeks. He says he does not want to come home. All the love you give these kids and they would rather be with their peer group than the grandparent! Imagine. Notice him crew cut. Abe took all AXE products to camp. He likes to smell good. So funny.








8 buses lined up. It is so organized every year. The camp director is with the red shirt. when i have been at the camp, he seems to be everywhere. he drives around in a golf cart with a walky talky in his hand. The buses pulled out at exactly 9:30. Very organized. And Stu, Laura, Mollie And I went for bagels.




Nathan looking out the window.




Abe's bus but he was TOO busy to let me take a picture.




The only child for four weeks.




Nathan and his friends.




Eve bought a Vitamix. She has wanted one for ages. She is blending and mixing everything in the house. The first day she blended something that was a color or over cooked peas or vomit and offered it to me. I could not eat something with an awful color. This is apple, orange and carrot. I always said, I do not like to swallow my calories in a liquid. Example is Pepsi or juices. And also milk.

We visit the VH

We drove to MD for a weekend end visit with the VH. Friday night was a picnic, DJ and the movie RIO outside in the schools yard.






Hula hoop contest. Sadie


Sadie lost when her dress caught on the hula hoop.



Movie. Bottled water and chips were passed to everyone.



Off to a crab dinner.





We ordered 12 large crabs for $85. Good good!








In the AM, Jack and Sadie played tennis and Emma played on the playground. Then swimming in the afternoon.


At night we cooked marshmallows in the fire pit. Emma likes strawberries dipped in maple syrup.







Watching TV


We got home Sunday in time to celebrate Father's Day with the K.
Maya's soccer team won every game and came in first in her county.


Eve no longer has to wear the boot. She is walking better. She now a starting one month of PT. The dog that bit her is still in police protection. The policeman that took the dog saw the aggressive Behavior and it is in the report.






The VH delivered gifts to the Ronald McDonald house.

Mollie graduates from Pre K. Emma is goes to day Camp. Maya the Glamour Girl.

More Adley in her pink fluffy dress. She likes to go into this corner to poop. Then she tells Eve, " I pooped."



Ellen and I with the bride.


Emma is no longer a day care baby. She started day CAMP this week. She still takes a nap and Ellen did not know to send a blanket and pillow. They were hoping for an end to,the naps. She then does not go to sleep early at night. But it is at Trinity School, a different place. She will go here for Pre K and maybe kindergarten. She looks so grown up in the picture.



Maya went to a girl friend, Caroline, birthday party. It was at Glamour Girl and they all took pictures. I knew she was beautiful but these photos are model quality. She will be twelve years old, June 27. She is now wearing braces and she does not like to smile with her mouth open.






Notice all the girls are smiling with their mouths open. And look much older that 12 years.



Now they look bad girls. A cover of a music CD.



Mollie graduated to Pre K for the second time. She went to Rodef Shalom last year. This year she went to Beth Shalom. We felt she would be the youngest in her age and wanted to give her one more year of childhood. Birthday is Sept. 9. The girl seems to love to preform. She was a ham on stage. Laughed and smiled and yelled while singing the entire time. She is wearing her American Girl dress that was bought last year. Very pretty color and looks good on her. I thought I would need a tissue for eyes during the graduation but Mollie was so funny that we just laughed the entire time.








This is where she came out in front of the other kids and started to dance. Not part of the program. I think she thought she had a solo part. It was so funny! Look at the other kids faces.


Look at her zeal and happiness!


They sang, take me out to the ball game.







The class was wrapped in the Torah and a blessing was said over the children. I always worry that someone will trip, fall and the Torah will tear.



Doesn't it look like she on center stage?



The only photo that she looked serious.





Betty Lou Margolis is standing in the background.


It was the last day of school for Abe and Nathan. Nathan and I went out to lunch and to finally buy his birthday present. It wanted to buy him a project about electricity and it made music. But Nathan loves remote control things. So he bought an airplane. After it was charged Jack , Nathan and I went to the high school and he flew it. The wind was a little too strong but he had fun. School is out and I hope the weather shapes up. We have had rain and cool days for too long. Here is a picture of the boys last day of school and they have jackets on. Nathan is now in third grade. Abe is in sixth grade and middle school.



I weeded the backyard this week. My arms are so sore from all the pulling and lifting. It have gotten poison ivy twice from weeding the hillside. So I dressed up with head to toes covered. Socks covering up the pants. I call it my hazmat outfit.

Eve and the dog Friday

Eve was coming Pgh. With Adley for a long weekend and the Pearl wedding. The day before she was bitten on the ankle by a German Shepard mixed very large dog while waiting to pick up Holden at school. The dog attacked Eve first and then took five big bites out of Friday. The dog had growled at Friday in the past. Eve had been holding Adley when she fell. She does not remember much of what happened after that. A friend took Adley. Someone drove them home. She took Friday to the Vet. Then she drove herself to the ER. And then she went to the police station to report the event. The next day, her foot was all swollen and she could not walk. She got an appointment with an orthopedist. He put her in a boot, which the ER doctor should have done. Ordered a MRI. She has a torn tendon.
Picture is at a coffee / juicer store. I got coffee and Eve got a vegetable mix. She bought a Vita mix this weekend. She is grinding and juicing everything in the house. She made me a green drink. It looked like vomit and I could not drink it! But she is in heaven with her new toy. Which she has wanted for a long time.




Dog bike on one side of foot.




One of Friday's bites.




I drove in NJ and stayed with her for one week. And she needed the help. The other dog owner, Mrs. R., took no responsibility. Never phoned Eve. She claimed the cut on eve's ankle was from the leash. A person from the police dept. in change of dog bites, came to the house to discuss how to handle the situation. The dog was to be taken into animal shelter until a court date could be arranged. The woman fought and behaved so badly that the first night they left the house without a dog. The captain was furious and they went back the second night and took the dog. Eve does not want the dog put to sleep. Just always muzzled and not off their property. I feel strongly it should be be killed. How can you trust, live with a dog that attacked a person. Especially when you have a ten year child living in the house.
Mrs. R put signs all over town with a cartoon picture of a cute dog saying, free Abby. I saw one and tore it off the tree. She also sent out emails to many people for them to testify about the dogs good character. Meanwhile Eve is not walking well. Is in the boot and will be for a few weeks. She will need babysitters to help with Adley for a while. She is allowed to drive but does not feel confident and well enough yet.
Tried yesterday and did not do well driving.




I had a wonderful time visiting the kids.
A dinner of a Perdue roaster chicken with vegetables around it.




Maya




Adley loves girly dresses. She either wore her black velvet, pink or the zebra dress every day.








I met a nanny with two 1/2 Asian kids. We had a play date in the school playground. Imagine, I had a play date with a 23 year nanny.




We ran into Holden at his recess and the two talked across the fence.




I bought Adley a paint set and the girl became an artist. She loves to do art. She painted so much that she emptied some of the colors. Before I bought the paints, she was using nail polish and glues for paint. A little messy.




Maya was in a choir recital. She does not like to buy clothes or shop. She bought this dress by herself after Eve was worn down shopping with her. She looked beautiful . I took her shopping for items she needed for overnight camp. We had great success and good time. We went to the Sports Authority and she got blue shorts, t shirts, bathing suit and a chammy to dry herself.




In the LuLuLemon store. She bought two head bands and a water bottle.




This one will glow in the dark.




Holden was in a final baseball game. He pitched two innings. The other team brought in their best pitcher for the last two innings and Holden's team was in trouble and they lost the game. Coming in second in their age group is good and I was proud. This was Dave's last game as a coach. He does not have the time to devote to it but he loves the time and experience with his son.



After jack and I left NJ, eve took Adley and Holden to the Dr. She has an ear infection and he has strep. I know all will be better tomorrow after the meds kick in.
The cicadas are out all over NJ. They fly into your face. You see them all over the ground. And the NOISE. There is this constant buz. Eve told me not to go the the park playground because of all the trees and the cicadas everywhere.




The VH had a good weekend and ended it with a fire pit cook out. Looks like a lot of fun.




The new and old kitchen chairs. The pads have not arrived yet. The black one is the old. They are one sit away from breaking. Wobbly The new chairs seem so noisy but I guess I will get used to it. And it is cold to sit in without the pad.