• bar/bat mitzvahs

    sarah’s bat mitzvah

    December 19, 2011 /

    This post has been a long time in coming since Sarah’s Bat Mitzvah was at the end of October, but I think it was worth the wait. It’s going to be a long blog post so get comfy. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum on the text so you can just enjoy the pictures from this fabulous (and I do mean FABULOUS) event.

    Sarah had her Bat Mitzvah at Central Synagogue and I met them there before the ceremony since no photos are allowed during the service.

    Sarah and her family lived in Hong Kong for a long time (in fact she was born there). Some of her friends from HK came in for her special day. The whole gorgeous family over at Temple Avodah where the party was being held. Sarah’s theme was “Life is a Fairytale”, and let me tell you that the party sure was!!A few of the amazingly gorgeous details. The cocktail hour was unbeliveable with a hotdog stand, hamburgers/sliders, a tapas and shot bar, sushi station (with Sarah’s name spelled out in sushi!), gourmet ravioli, and on. And the main room of the party. Drop dead gorgeous, right? They did not miss one single detail. The kids area.Let the fun begin! Watching the video.
    Just some of the desserts offered. They also had a whole ice cream bar, a Hagen Daaz cart and about a thousand other little goodies.
    All the kids also went home (exhausted) with a favor drawstring bag which included a Sarah’s Bat Mitzvah sweatshirt and custom water bottles and custom cookies. See what I mean about not missing a trick!?

    Thank you so much for letting me photograph your day! I’m calling you to plan my next party!

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  • personal,  school

    secret readers

    December 16, 2011 /

    Back when school started I signed up to be a secret reader in Timmy’s class (when you go in and read to the class but none of the kids knows who’s coming in to read until you show up.) Well, we had an extra surprise this year with Jack & Patrick coming in to do the reading! The 1st graders really loved it, Mrs. Powers and Ms. A really loved it too as they were the boys 1st grade teachers!) and the boys & Timmy loved it most of all!

    Timmy looks a little excited and proud, huh?Jack read Those Darn Squirrels. Patrick read The Pout Pout Fish (which is fitting cause we often call him Poutrick when he’s in a pissy mood. My favorite line in the book is when the other fish are telling the pout pout fish that he’s being a ‘kalidiscope of mope’. Oh yeah, we use that around here too!) Timmy sold Patrick right out at that part. Patrick and Mrs. Powers. Cannot even believe that they are within inches of the same height. We loooooove Mrs. Powers- she’s an amazing teacher!It’s like 1st grade all over again. Except with much taller boys. Ms. A is also an amazing teacher and I remember Jack just loving her and constantly inching his way onto her lap in the classroom daily. Mrs. Powers and Ms. A are taking full credit for the boys excellent reading skills and their 99 averages as they were the start of it all. I think they should take the credit- they deserve it!!

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  • personal

    catching up {thanksgiving & fall}

    December 13, 2011 /

    I’m so behind on editing and posting personal photos it’s just silly. So here’s some from fall & thanksgiving that I figured I should post before it’s actually Christmas in less than two weeks. I really gotta finish the shopping!!

    The leaf ones are pretty self explanatory.

    Took the ones of the big boys with the new little camera. I’m definitely digging it!!We had Thanksgiving here (as usual) but it was a fairly quiet one this year with only 13 of us. It was really a nice day, especially with Nelson here to spend Thanksgiving with us and cook the turkey! And some of the other dishes too. Only snapped a few with the new little camera, was feeling so burnt out from all the 8 gazillion holiday photos I took this year.

    Wishing Nelson a very happy birthday today!A little football between cooking. Timmy worked hard on the place cards. Aren’t they cute?

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