Celebrating the High Holidays

We've had a very busy, very hectic couple of weeks trying to balance the holidays, choir, racquetball, swimming lessons, work, and family. Now that the High Holidays are over we can take a deep breath and relax.

The kids took turns blowing the shofar at the break-fast after Yom Kippur. Here's a still of Max:

And a pic of Jordan just enjoying the evening.

I have a short video of Jordan blowing the shofar--email me if you want to see it.

I Almost Forgot the Best One!

Here's Jordan enjoying her cake:

Pics from Jordan's Party

Here are some pics from Sunday. Thanks to Jeff for taking pictures for us!

First, while everyone else ate pizza, Jordan did her thing in the family room. Hey, it's her party. She doesn't have to be social...


Max checks out a puzzle that Jordan got from Rachel. I'm sure as soon as she noticed him touching it she started screaming, "MINES!!!!" (again, still working on the sharing and not sure why she talks like Gollum):

Jordan hugs her new puppy dog with Miles looking on:

Cake time! Unfortunately, Jordan was a little unhappy:

We thought at first she was upset by our singing, but it turns out she dropped one of her 'guys' on the way to the table and couldn't find it. As soon as the fourth guy from her new toy was located, she happily blew out the candles:

We had a great time, and I think Jordan realized it was a party for her. It's a little hard to tell at this age but at least she liked getting presents and eating cake.

Jordan's Party, and Max read us a story

What a great day!

Jordan's second birthday party was a lot of fun--the only bad part was that Dad had to work, but we captured some nice video for him. I don't have pics yet, but should have some posted within the week. She loved all her gifts, and didn't much like when Max tried to play with them (we'll have to work on that whole "sharing" thing...).

At bedtime, Max told me he wanted to read "Green Eggs & Ham" to me. He sat on my lap and read me the whole story. He only had trouble with one word (try). I thought at first that he had it memorized, but every now & then he would stop at a word and sound it out. What a smart boy! We're so proud of him (now if only I could get him to stay in his bed--he keeps coming into my room to see what I'm doing).

Max is also doing very well in swimming lessons. He really has no fear of the water at all (which is scary, because he can't swim yet without a flotation device).

More pics coming soon!