Full House

Sorry for the delay in posting a new message. It has been a very busy week, although most of the activities have been pretty normal, so not too much to write about. Plus, I've been very tired the past couple of days, since Cara is getting 2 new molars, and therefore not sleeping well at night.

Last Thursday Blair invited Cara and I over to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with her family. Blair had her father, sister and brother-in-law, as well as cousins there. It was really nice to be included, and the food was fabulous. I didn't try the gefilte fish (although the general comment was that it didn't taste anything like gefilte fish because Blair bought it from our upscale grocery store in town, rather than buying the stuff that comes in jars at the super market). But there was also matzoh ball soup, brisket, and salmon, and some fabulous kugel and rugelach. Cara was fairly pre-occupied with hanging out with the kids, so she didn't end up trying much. She ate a couple of bites of soup and matzoh ball, and then mainly ate her string cheese, and topped it off with a little frozen yogurt - nothing like a balanced diet. What was even better was that Matt and I got to go over the next night for leftovers!

This weekend Cara started her swim class. It was pretty much the same routine as last time - singing songs and splashing around for a half hour. Matt was in the pool with her, and I was watching outside (it was too dark to take pictures). But I went into the pool area for a minute, which was a mistake - even though I left right away, once Cara saw me she kept looking for me everywhere and not paying attention to class.

On Sunday, Kelsey, Morgan and Grant came over for a little playtime and pizza. We also got some very cute pictures of the 3 of them. Morgan was also very patient with Cara while they were picking the last of the blueberries off of the bushes by the deck. Cara kept pointing to the plants and "asking" Morgan to get the high up ones for her to eat. Good thing Morgan doesn't like blueberries herself, there weren't more than a dozen left anywhere on the bush.

Last night we had some more friends over - our neighbor down the street, and her 3 kids, Julia, Charlie and Sophie. Cara was fascinated with Sophie, who is only 4 months old. She wanted to rock her and touch her hands and feet. I think she was trying to figure out if she was real or just a doll.

Blair, Max and Bella also came over, and the 6 kids (minus sophie) had a great time chasing each other around. They took all of Cara's toys out onto the screened in porch, and the girls set up a "changing table" for the dolls, and the boys ran around playing dinosaur. It was chaos, but fun to watch, and Cara had a ball.

Grandma is coming on Wednesday night - so there should be some more fun pictures soon!