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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Fwd: Look who we found!
Fwd: Silin's surprising color choice
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Fwd: Boys at camp
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Fwd: Sweet Tooth
For those of you who know M, he has a major sweet tooth. He loves brownies, cookies, ice cream, candy, you name it....the higher the concentration of sugar, the more he likes it. I am careful with him to allow him to be a regular kid (i.e., I give him dessert) but on the other hand, I wonder if I've created a sugar addict.
Yesterday, M asked me, totally seriously, "when will my sweet tooth fall out?" He was trying to figure out which tooth was his sweet tooth and calculated that when it finally fell out, he wouldn't like sugary treats so much. If only it was so easy.....I would have had that tooth pulled a long time ago.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Em with the Head of Gurim Girls
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Em b/f Shabbat
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Saddleback hike at camp
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Beautiful Letters from Dad
> Isaiah,
>
> It should be Monday when you read this and you are well into your second week at Camp Yavneh. We were able to see a lot of pictures from the weekend that were posted on the Yavneh website, including some of you and Emet, and it looks like it was quite a time. Its not easy being on your own for so long, but we hope that you are having some good experiences in this camp adventure.
> This Saturday, while Mom was enjoying "the Best Day Ever" at home, I went to the Pig Roast rugby game in Amherst with Micah and Silin. You will be happy to hear that your younger siblings enjoyed themselves and fit right in, with Silin finding plenty of other young girls to play with and Micah even organized a game of frisbee while I was playing rugby. The rugby was fun, too, as the old boys defeated the young UMASS team and your old man (me) managed to score a try! It was a long day and it was after 10pm when I carried Silin and Micah to to their beds back home.
> I had a baseball game today (Sunday), and you won't be surprised to hear that we lost again. Of course, I still had a great time playing, trying my best, and supporting my teammates. I hit a single and over the next couple of batters made it to third. This is when I made a play that I pretty much learned from watching you this season - I took my secondary lead and was ready to run to home when the pitcher missed the ball thrown back by the catcher. I was thinking of you when I crossed the plate. I am sad to report that my bamboo bat broke during the game - I swung at a pitch that was a little high and inside (a ball) and hit it off the handle causing it to crack just like the other bat.
> In the afternoon, we all drove down to Brookline for the Brit Milah of my rugby friend Jim Calmas' new baby boy. It was followed by a nice dinner in the temple and there were plenty of other rugby and work friends there. Max and Michael (Buzzie's sons) both told me to say hi to you. Can you believe that Michael is going off to college?
> We love getting your letters and I can't believe you heard Suzy Greenberg. I explained this to Mom and played the song for her over the phone. I'm still not sure she understands.... We did hear from one of the directors of the camp that you and Emet have had a few arguments. We want you and Emet to both have your own good experiences there and I don't think you want your memories of the camp to be about how you two fought with each other. We understand that brothers always have disagreements from time to time, but we hope and expect that you deal with these moments in a mature way, even if you feel that you are right. I know you are in the same bunk, but sometimes you both need to have your own space.
> Remember that we love you, are proud that you decided to go to camp, and that we are thinking of you all of the time.
>
> Love,
>
> Dad (and Mom, Micah, and Silin)
>
>
> It should be Monday when you read this and you are well into your second week at Camp Yavneh. We were able to see a lot of pictures from the weekend that were posted on the Yavneh website, including some of you and Emet, and it looks like it was quite a time. Its not easy being on your own for so long, but we hope that you are having some good experiences in this camp adventure.
> This Saturday, while Mom was enjoying "the Best Day Ever" at home, I went to the Pig Roast rugby game in Amherst with Micah and Silin. You will be happy to hear that your younger siblings enjoyed themselves and fit right in, with Silin finding plenty of other young girls to play with and Micah even organized a game of frisbee while I was playing rugby. The rugby was fun, too, as the old boys defeated the young UMASS team and your old man (me) managed to score a try! It was a long day and it was after 10pm when I carried Silin and Micah to to their beds back home.
> I had a baseball game today (Sunday), and you won't be surprised to hear that we lost again. Of course, I still had a great time playing, trying my best, and supporting my teammates. I hit a single and over the next couple of batters made it to third. This is when I made a play that I pretty much learned from watching you this season - I took my secondary lead and was ready to run to home when the pitcher missed the ball thrown back by the catcher. I was thinking of you when I crossed the plate. I am sad to report that my bamboo bat broke during the game - I swung at a pitch that was a little high and inside (a ball) and hit it off the handle causing it to crack just like the other bat.
> In the afternoon, we all drove down to Brookline for the Brit Milah of my rugby friend Jim Calmas' new baby boy. It was followed by a nice dinner in the temple and there were plenty of other rugby and work friends there. Max and Michael (Buzzie's sons) both told me to say hi to you. Can you believe that Michael is going off to college?
> We love getting your letters and I can't believe you heard Suzy Greenberg. I explained this to Mom and played the song for her over the phone. I'm still not sure she understands.... We did hear from one of the directors of the camp that you and Emet have had a few arguments. We want you and Emet to both have your own good experiences there and I don't think you want your memories of the camp to be about how you two fought with each other. We understand that brothers always have disagreements from time to time, but we hope and expect that you deal with these moments in a mature way, even if you feel that you are right. I know you are in the same bunk, but sometimes you both need to have your own space.
> Remember that we love you, are proud that you decided to go to camp, and that we are thinking of you all of the time.
>
> Love,
>
> Dad (and Mom, Micah, and Silin)
>
>
> Hi there Emet!
>
> You should be reading this on Monday, with your busy weekend already a memory. We are so happy that you are getting to have all of these new experiences. Hopefully, you are enjoying yourself and having a blast.
> I was thinking of you last night (Saturday), when I was eating some ice-cream from the bowl you made in the shape of a crown. I enjoyed knowing that you made it and felt close to you even though you are away at camp. King Emet! The ice-cream came after a long day in which i took Silin and Micah out to Amherst to play in the pig roast rugby game. They fit right in an found plenty of kids to play with while I played rugby. This time we got burritos instead of cooking on the barbecue like we did last time and I think this was a good call.
> i played baseball today (Sunday), and while we lost again, I still had a great time playing a sport I truly love. I thought you might be interested to hear that we had a pitcher on our team throw nothing but knuckle balls! Unfortunately, the other team scored 4 runs in one inning off of him, but he threw some great knucklers. After the game he showed me how Tim Wakefield throws his and I can't wait to try it out with you. Later in the day we saw Max and Michael, Buzzie's sons, whom you've played with many times at rugby games. They asked about you and told me to tell you they said hello.
> We understand from the camp directors that you and Isaiah have had a few disagreements. I know you can't agree on everything, but please try not to let disagreements grow into fights. We expect you two to deal with problems that come up between you two in a mature way and we understand that sometimes arguments are going to happen between brothers. Even if you think you are right, try to let it go or give the other person some space if you can. But overall, we were happy to hear from the directors that you are doing great. We love getting your letters and looking for photos of you on the Camp Yavneh website. Also, you write your name beautifully in Hebrew. Maybe you can teach us some of the Hebrew that you are learning.
> Anyway, we hope you have a great day filled with new experiences. Remember that we love you and are thinking about you all of the time. Also remember that we are proud of you for choosing to be a camper!
>
> Love,
>
> Dad (and Mom, Silin, and Micah)
>
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